Re: [dev] why avoid install?

From: pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 19:51:10 +0100

What about a suckless install and a suckless pkgconfig? Both are bloated in nature but can be implemented in a very simple way to replace easily the gnu or bsd implementations



> On 18 Nov 2014, at 19:30, FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:25:06 -0500
> Greg Reagle <greg.reagle_AT_umbc.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hello. Is there a particular reason that a combination of cp, mkdir,
>> and chmod are used rather than the install command, in several suckless
>> projects (in the install target of Makefile)?
>>
>> Sorry if the answer is obvious. I am trying to learn. Thanks.
>
> Well, install doesn't do any magic. The main reason to avoid is that it
> is not POSIX, and if you do the mkdir and chmod right, why use a non-
> standard tool for it which could have arbitrary implementations on
> different systems?
>
>
> --
> FRIGN <dev_AT_frign.de>
>
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