Bug#73620: Policy example about INSTALL is wrong
On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 02:39:26PM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Josip> NB mentioning /usr/bin/install in Policy would be good also
> Josip> because some lame configure scripts may not be using it,
> Josip> instead they'll be using the supplied install-sh
> Josip> script. That's compatible with every Unix-like system in the
> Josip> universe, but is also much much slower than /usr/bin/install.
>
> Umm, this should not be dictated by policy. I think individual
> maintainewrs can take care of thier packages, and if they choose to
> use ./install.sh, they should not be hit by a policy bug report.
Using install-sh while /usr/bin/install exists just wastes time/resources of
people who recompile (think 6 build daemons), I don't see why shouldn't
Policy recommend a more rational method.
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