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Date:      Sun, 30 Jan 2000 11:13:03 -0800 (PST)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        dervish@ikhala.tcimet.net
Cc:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make installworld broken???
Message-ID:  <200001301913.LAA35839@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000130113830.B6288@ikhala.tcimet.net>
References:  <20000130105959.A6288@ikhala.tcimet.net> <18191.949246750@critter.freebsd.dk> <20000130113830.B6288@ikhala.tcimet.net>

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> > It's source-dir is called "xinstall" btw.
> Why is the source called "xinstall"?

To avoid colliding with the standard make target "install".  If we
had utilities named "all", "depend", and "clean" we'd have to do the
same thing for them.

John

PS - Please remove me from the cc on the inevitable 50-message thread
about clever ways to avoid this simple fix, all requiring 100-line
perl scripts no doubt.



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