Subject: Re: Unpriviledged installs (was Re: CVS commit: sharesrc)
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>
List: tech-install
Date: 08/14/1999 14:23:22
>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org> writes:
Simon> In bsd.doc.mk and bsd.files.mk "${INSTALL} ${RENAME} ${PRESERVE}" has
Simon> changed to "${INSTALL} ${PRESERVE}". Is there a reason for this? The
Simon> other files seem ok.
This is a mistake. What is the intended purpose of ${RENAME}, btw.
Simon> That said, wouldn't it be easier to use the -U option of install? I'm
Simon> pretty sure that -U came well after PR #3563. From the install(1)
Simon> manpage:
This is new. Yes, it would be better. As such, I withdraw my patches.
Simon> -U Indicate that install is running unpriviledged, and that it
Simon> should not try to change the owner or the group of the destina-
Simon> tion. A future version of this file may log the owner/group in-
Simon> formation elsewhere; currently, it's just discarded.
Simon> Then we could just stick
Simon> UNPRIVILEDGED?=
Simon> in bsd.own.mk and use that on all the install commands...
Yes, please!
Do you want me to do these patches?
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