* From "Steven G. Kargl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> J. Mallett said:
> > * From "Steven G. Kargl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > J. Mallett said:
> > > 
> > > No.  The third patch is correct (see below); otherwise I could set
> > > INSTALL to " install -C"  QED.
> > 
> > And I could set BINOWN to something bogus.
> > 
> > Don't protect the user by removing functionality.
> 
> Well, if the first patch is acceptable, then we would
> be restoring documented functionality;  otherwise,
> rev 1.55 of xinstall.c will remove functionality.

Add the word "meaningful" before "functionality" in my statement, and realise
that overriding such things should ALWAYS be something you can do.  Consider
cross-builds, and so on.
-- 
J. Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>                    FreeBSD: The Power To Serve


        "I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically."
           -- George W. Bush, Radio-Television Correspondents Association
              dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001

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