Subject: Re: Unpriviledged installs (was Re: CVS commit: sharesrc)
To: None <tech-install@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: tech-install
Date: 08/16/1999 12:01:20
Simon Burge wrote:
> Christos Zoulas wrote:
>
> > In article <199908141825.OAA01657@pzero.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>,
> > Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a mistake. What is the intended purpose of ${RENAME}, btw.
> >
> > -r Install to a temporary file and then rename the file to its final
> > destination name. This can be used for precious files, to avoid
> > truncation of the original when error conditions (filesystem full
> > etc.) occur.
> >
> > It should be made the default actually.
>
> I'll do this as part of the "UNPRIVILEDGED" stuff.
For that matter, is there anywhere where ${COPY} would not be "-c"?
Maybe that should go to...
Simon.