Bruce Evans wrote: > >> > Where did the "-C" option for install(1) come from? bde pick up on > >> > somethings I did a long time ago. > >> > >> Uh, no, wrong. (Speaking as the creator of `install -C'.) > > > >In defense of Steven, he was the 'original' author of -C, whether or not > >you used his code or not. He pushed for this long before it was part of > >FreeBSD. > > AFAIR, I used Garrett's version of -C long before Steve pushed for > something quite different (-z). >
If you check the cvs log files, it appears Bruce in fact used Garrett's work. If you search the hackers mailing list with "install(1) AND kargl". You'll find a large number of emails about new features to install circa Oct 95. I added several options, I called the now used "-C" option "-t". My method was inferior to Garrett's method. The participants in the emails exchanged in 95 were Bruce, Rod, Julian, Terry, Nate, Poul, and myself. Note: my mailing list search is not comprehensive , so Garrett may have participated. In the end, it doesn't matter who did what. I've two valuable lessons this weekend: (1) continue my anonymous hacking, and (2) never question the intentions of a committer particularly on a mailing list. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
