https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206809
--- Comment #2 from A.J. Kehoe IV (Nanoman) <freebsd-b...@nanoman.ca> --- Here's what install(1)'s manual shows for -f: "Specify the target's file flags; see chflags(1) for a list of possible flags and their meanings." I interpret the first part of this sentence as meaning that the target's file flags will be set to whatever has been defined by -f, not that they will be adjusted like what you'd get by using chflags(1). If I'm interpreting this incorrectly, then maybe this should be reworded to avoid confusion. When I see chflags(1) for a list of possible flags, the manual shows me that "flags are specified as an octal number or a comma separated list of keywords". I interpret this as meaning that install(1) should support either octal numbers or keywords, but looking at /head/usr.bin/xinstall/xinstall.c, I see support for keywords, and no support for octal numbers. If the intention is to phase out usage of octal numbers, then maybe a better solution would be to change install(1)'s manual entry for its -f option to something like this: "Specify the target's file flags; see the keywords section of chflags(1) for a list of possible flags and their meanings. Use -f '' to specify no flags for the target." -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. _______________________________________________ freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-bugs-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
