Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 22:08:25 -0700 From: "J. Mallett" <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> To: "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: patches for [x]install Message-ID: <20020607220824.A31273@FreeBSD.ORG> In-Reply-To: <200206080503.g5853XnD069166@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>; from kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu on Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:03:33PM -0700 References: <20020607215214.A28624@FreeBSD.ORG> <200206080503.g5853XnD069166@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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* From "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> > J. Mallett said: > > * From "Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> > > > J. Mallett said: > > > > > > No. The third patch is correct (see below); otherwise I could set > > > INSTALL to " install -C" QED. > > > > And I could set BINOWN to something bogus. > > > > Don't protect the user by removing functionality. > > Well, if the first patch is acceptable, then we would > be restoring documented functionality; otherwise, > rev 1.55 of xinstall.c will remove functionality. Add the word "meaningful" before "functionality" in my statement, and realise that overriding such things should ALWAYS be something you can do. Consider cross-builds, and so on. -- J. Mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD: The Power To Serve "I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically." -- George W. Bush, Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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