Re: [dev] why avoid install?

From: Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe <first.lord.of.teal_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 15:49:36 -0500

Quoth FRIGN on Tue, Nov 18 2014 19:30 +0100:
> Well, install doesn't do any magic.

There is this.[1] But if the issue is unlinking a running target,
(a) how often is this an issue, considering one will often be make
install-ing to a package directory, and (b) isn't this what
POSIX cp -f is for?

-- 
Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe
[1] http://en.chys.info/2009/05/install-vs-cp-and-mmap/
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