Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 17:55:25 -0600 From: Nate Williams <nate@trout.sri.MT.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: new install(1) utility Message-ID: <199504042355.RAA08239@trout.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com> "Re: new install(1) utility" (Apr 4, 3:43pm)
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[ Smarter intall which only installs files if they have changed ]
> > And, if we pre-build the compressed man-pages, we can do the comparisons
> > at install time to determine if they need to be installed or not.
>
> This is actually fairly easy to fix, and it should be. Doing the gzip
> in the installed man page area really trashes my /usr file system!!
We are in agreement here? Wow!
> Also, I am of the opinion that the only thing being done during the
> install phase is INSTALLING, not gzipping or otherwize munging files!
>
> Almost to the point of having a ${PROG}.stripped rule (you'r cmp thing
> in install is going to have to compare a stripped version of programs
> or it will always fail for the standard binary case).
Hmm, I had forgotten about the strip option. Sigh..
However, for the parts of the system that bite us the most the smart install
is a good solution. We don't have to use it for everything (or anything for
that matter), but for those files which do affect the dependencies, I think
it would be a big win.
Nate
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