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 <d...@frign.de> wrote: > > On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 13:25:06 -0500 > Greg Reagle <greg.rea...@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 <d...@frign.de> >
