Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 17:23:03 +0100 From: Konstantin Chuguev <Konstantin.Chuguev@dante.org.uk> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>, current@FreeBSD.org, hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [CFR] OpenBSD install(1) fixes: atomic install, etc. Message-ID: <3AE06267.BE44852F@dante.org.uk> References: <20010420191008.A51313@sunbay.com>
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Hi,
Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> The attached patch incorporates most of OpenBSD fixes to install(1).
> It does not include manpage update. Most significant changes are:
>
> o New flag: -S (atomic install)
>
> : -S Safe copy. Normally, install unlinks an existing target before
> : installing the new file. With the -S flag a temporary file is
> : used and then renamed to be the target. The reason this is safer
> : is that if the copy or rename fails, the existing target is left
> : untouched.
>
Just curious: why not make this way of doing install default (i.e. always use
it)?
Regards,
Konstantin.
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