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
