Hi,
Ruslan Ermilov wrote:
> The attached patch incorporates most of OpenBSD fixes to install(1).
> It does not include manpage update. Most significant changes are:
>
> o New flag: -S (atomic install)
>
> : -S Safe copy. Normally, install unlinks an existing target before
> : installing the new file. With the -S flag a temporary file is
> : used and then renamed to be the target. The reason this is safer
> : is that if the copy or rename fails, the existing target is left
> : untouched.
>
Just curious: why not make this way of doing install default (i.e. always use
it)?
Regards,
Konstantin.
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