Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:22:03 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/xinstall Makefile Message-ID: <20010328152203.A2570@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <200103271739.JAA91925@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>; from freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 09:39:06AM -0800 References: <200103271514.f2RFEot88911@freefall.freebsd.org> <200103271739.JAA91925@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 09:39:06AM -0800, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > ru 2001/03/27 07:14:50 PST > > > > Modified files: > > usr.bin/xinstall Makefile > > Log: > > Do not override the ``install'' target. > > > > Revision Changes Path > > 1.14 +2 -2 src/usr.bin/xinstall/Makefile > > Why is it any better to override an undocumented internal .mk > target instead? > Because it does not need a special kludge for maninstall. realinstall is only undocumented because bsd.README is "seriously out of date". Alternatively, BINDIR can be overridden to /usr/bin/install. But this is still a hack. I am going to introduce the PROGNAME knob modeled after NetBSD that would allow this sort of things. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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