https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/msg5.html
As install-sh defines $rmcmd as "$rmprog -f", it is not necessary to add
a second "-f" when calling the rm command.
I just installed this change, with a mention in the --help message
(and NEWS file) about th
Hi Karl,
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/index.html
The one that seems too risky is making -c do something (preserve
permissions) instead of being a no-op. I think there could easily be
ancient calls of install-sh that use -c, and changing behavior now
doesn't see
Hi Julien,
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/index.html
Thanks for bringing them up again. I wasn't involved with automake back
then, but looking at them now, they seem mostly fine. The one that seems
too risky is making -c do something (preserve permissions) ins
Hi all,
In March 2018, I proposed 5 patches for install-sh:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/index.html
Has someone already had a chance to look at them?
Is there something more that I should do?
Thanks beforehand,
--
Julien
Le 17/03/2018 à 15:16, Julien ÉLIE a
Hi all,
In March 2018, I proposed 5 patches for install-sh:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake-patches/2018-03/index.html
Has someone already had a chance to look at them?
Is there something more that I should do?
Thanks beforehand,
--
Julien
Le 17/03/2018 à 15:16, Julien ÉLIE a é
Hi,
You'll find below a suggestion of patch.
Or you could also remove "-f" from the initial $rmcmd definition, if you prefer.
--
Julien ÉLIE
As install-sh defines $rmcmd as "$rmprog -f", it is not necessary to add
a second "-f" when calling the rm command.
* lib/install-sh: Fix redundant use
