Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:01:38 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Rob MacGregor <rob@the-macgregors.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: "make installworld" to only install new/changed files? Message-ID: <20040223180138.GB23485@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <200402231734.i1NHY6OW015861@the-macgregors.org> References: <200402231734.i1NHY6OW015861@the-macgregors.org>
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On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 05:34:08PM -0000, Rob MacGregor wrote:
> I have a strange (maybe) desire to be able to only install the new or
> changed files when doing a "make installworld" on FreeBSD (5.2 or later
> ideally). Does anybody know if this is possible?
Putting
INSTALL=install -C
into /etc/make.conf will compare files before installing, and avoid
overwriting a file with an identical copy of itself.
Cheers,
Matthew
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