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Date:      Sun, 5 Mar 1995 16:57:17 +0800 (CST)
From:      Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
To:        FreeBSD-current users <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: pkg_add/delete bug?
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.87.9503051617.A20934-0100000@gate>
In-Reply-To: <199503050812.JAA07677@uriah.heep.sax.de>

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On Sun, 5 Mar 1995, J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> Before Terry jumps in and proposes us again to store a copy of any
> executable in swap :^), well, perhaps pkg_add should simply use
> install(1) to install the binary?  This is supposed to take care of
> ETXTBSY (by renaming/unlinking the old binary).

    This would keep things neater, since you just have to tell
'install' to handle stuff like permissions, owner/group and file
flags.  What does it use now?  Just a combination of cp, mv, chown,
chmod, etc.?
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org




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