Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 09:49:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven G Kargl <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Cc: rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: new install(1) utility Message-ID: <199504051649.JAA09306@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504042355.RAA08239@trout.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Apr 4, 95 05:55:25 pm
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According to Nate Williams:
>
> >
> > 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.
>
This isn't much of a problem. The stripping done by install is the first
operation done to the source file. In its simplest form, install does
if copy
make_copy
if strip
if gzip
rename copy to target
set owner, group, flags on target
else
if strip
if gzip
if move
rename as target
set owner, group, flags on target
else symlink
set owner, group, flags on source
create symlink
end
end
However, after wading through my mail this morning, the symlink option
may be a Bad Idea (although I learned a lot about symlinks).
FOR EXAMPLE:
%cd /usr/src
%make world
[where symlink /usr/bin/install -> /usr/src/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall occurs]
%make clean
The symlink now points to a deleted xinstall binary.
Removing the symlink option will actually make the layout of install
much easier to follow.
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