Good analysis deleted...

> src/usr.bin/xinstall could probably have been named src/usr.bin/install,
> but PROG has to be xinstall regardless.  I guess they kept the two as
> xinstall for consistancy and in case there were other gotcha's like this.

But you forgot what happens if you have a ``file'' named install:

cd /tmp
mkdir install
make install

Now you know the real reason the directory is called ``xinstall''.

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Rod Grimes - KD7CAX @ CN85sl - (RWG25)               [EMAIL PROTECTED]


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