Re: [dev] why avoid install?

From: Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe <first.lord.of.teal_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 10:22:19 -0500

Quoth Dimitris Papastamos on Wed, Nov 19 2014 14:55 +0000:
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 03:49:36PM -0500, Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe wrote:
>> 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?
>
> Regarding your question on cp -f then the answer is not quite.
> ...

Thank you for this.

Is this a decent reason to use install?

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Wolfgang Corcoran-Mathe
Received on Wed Nov 19 2014 - 16:22:19 CET

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