Re: Install /usr/bin/something from upstream source to /usr/bin/something on hdd?
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:42:45PM +0000, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> Andrey Rahmatullin:
> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:24:18PM +0000, Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> >> Sure, the effort required for that is minimal. (I managed to create a
> >> non-Debian specific Makefile for "make install" that uses rsync.
> >> Debhelper can pick it up from there just fine.)
> > I don't think using rsync to copy files in the upstream Makefile is a good
> > idea.
>
> Why is that?
More external dependency, I guess.
"install -D" or similar are more versatile, common, and simple.
Osamu
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