Re: [dev] Is there a reason to use install(1)?

[2010-05-29 23:46] Moritz Wilhelmy <crap_AT_wzff.de>
> > Very often I see makefile use install(1) when cp, mkdir, chmod, and
> > Co. would be equally compact.
>
> Consider
>
> install -D -m755 -u foo -g bar foo.sh $DESTDIR/usr/bin
>
> vs.
>
> mkdir -p $DESTDIR/usr/bin
> cp foo.sh $DESTDIR/usr/bin
> chmod 755 $DESTDIR/usr/bin/foo.sh
> chown foo:bar $DESTDIR/usr/bin/foo.sh
>
> and tell me about "equally compact" again...

I know about such cases, but this is not the common case, at least as
far as I've seen it.

You mean, install is just meant as a wrapper around the standard tools
to express the actions in a more compact way. (btw: It's a shame that
install isn't a shell script then.)

meillo
Received on Sat May 29 2010 - 21:56:26 UTC