From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com>, Bertrand Jacquin <beber@meleeweb.net>
Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] modinst: wrap long lines in order to enhance cmd_modules_install
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 01:38:10 +0930 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tx57i1p1.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+r1ZhitXZXWWx6xsgiru8Z8PpMUqnrg=q4dKH4Sv4_wY9O13w@mail.gmail.com>
Jim Davis <jim.epost@gmail.com> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:57 AM, Bertrand Jacquin <beber@meleeweb.net> wrote:
>> Note: shouldn't we use 'install -D $(2)/$@ $@' instead of mkdir
>> and cp ?
>
> Will an install with -D in that sense always be available? That's not
> a flag in the original (BSD) program, and I did find one SPARC system
> -- admittedly an ancient one -- where the install program had a -D
> option but it did something else. install isn't listed as a required
> program in Documentation/Changes, for that matter.
Yes, we don't count on install. And ISTR that install -D would try to
change perms on directories in the path, which can fail if you don't own
them and aren't root...
Cheers,
Rusty.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-20 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-19 18:57 [PATCHv2 0/3] handle module compression at install Bertrand Jacquin
2014-08-19 18:57 ` [PATCH 1/3] modinst: wrap long lines in order to enhance cmd_modules_install Bertrand Jacquin
2014-08-19 22:02 ` Jim Davis
2014-08-20 16:08 ` Rusty Russell [this message]
2014-08-19 18:57 ` [PATCH 2/3] kbuild: handle module compression while running 'make modules_install' Bertrand Jacquin
2014-08-20 16:09 ` Rusty Russell
2014-10-12 15:50 ` Andev
2014-10-12 16:40 ` Willy Tarreau
2014-10-12 17:06 ` Andev
2014-08-19 18:57 ` [PATCH 3/3] modsign: lookup lines ending in .ko in .mod files Bertrand Jacquin
2014-08-20 16:06 ` Rusty Russell
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2014-08-16 18:50 [PATCH 0/3] handle module compression at install Bertrand Jacquin
2014-08-16 18:50 ` [PATCH 1/3] modinst: wrap long lines in order to enhance cmd_modules_install Bertrand Jacquin
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