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From: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer)
Subject: Re: new install(1) utility
To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 1995 18:41:36 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: nate@trout.sri.MT.net, kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu,
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In-Reply-To: <9504050024.AA23499@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Apr 4, 95 06:24:16 pm
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> 
> > > Serves you right for using the install utility to do the install
> > > instead of using "cp -p".
> > 
> > Ahh, and the overhead of calling chown, chgrp, and chmod is much better?
> > 'I don't think so'.
> 
> Since "cp -p" preserves this information, you are saying that the
> copy in the source tree has the incorrect owner, group, and permissions.
> This is something which should be corrected in the source tree.  Doing
> the correction post-facto elsewhere is bogus.
well, not really, because you may wasnt to compile as 'terry'
and just su to root for the install

I tend to do it that way..

julian