installation permission

list Henrik Størner
Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:43:48 +0200
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On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 04:40:37PM +0800, Rong-En Fan wrote:

I found that in 4.2.0, most Makefile uses 'cp -p' to install 
programs, manaul pages, etc. This will result in wrong ownership
if you build as a normal user and install by root.

I'm wondering why not using 'install' so we can handle ownership
and permission at the same file?

Because "install" does not exist on all platforms.


Regards,
Henrik