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Date:      28 Mar 2000 14:41:46 +0200
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Frank Tobin <ftobin@uiuc.edu>
Cc:        security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Installing modules schg
Message-ID:  <xzpbt3zxo51.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Frank Tobin's message of "Mon, 27 Mar 2000 06:00:16 -0600 (CST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003270554300.69450-100000@isr4033.urh.uiuc.edu>

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Frank Tobin <ftobin@uiuc.edu> writes:
> [...]
> "Preserves all file flags" doesn't exactly explain to what extent install
> will go to to clear the current flags so it can get its job done.

Apologies.

In brief: it can at least handle the case where the previously
existing file was schg. This is done routinely by various Makefiles in
the cases of ld-elf.so.1, mail.local, rcp and friends, and kernels.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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