Re: [Bug 294348] Re: ubuntu directing users to coreutils mailing list for general problems

[Jim Meyering]

"James Youngman" <address@hidden> wrote:
> Perhaps something like the attached patch to the usage message might
> be worthwhile (though I think it is probably too wordy).

Thank you.  I agree.
How about this?

>From 1ae69757c63e2d0d7e1103f7d17d7d256d625e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Youngman <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 21:55:50 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] install: indicate clearly it's not for installing packages

* src/install.c (usage): Indicate the program copies files,
as opposed to installing packages.
---
 src/install.c |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c
index a7c3b3d..3f085af 100644
--- a/src/install.c
+++ b/src/install.c
@@ -816,6 +816,12 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST\n\
 "),
              program_name, program_name, program_name, program_name);
       fputs (_("\
+\n\
+This install program copies files (often just compiled) into destination\n\
+locations you choose.  If you want to download and install a ready-to-use\n\
+package on a GNU/Linux system, you should be using a package manager\n\
+like yum(1) or apt-get(1).\n\
+\n\
 In the first three forms, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to\n\
 the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group.\n\
 In the 4th form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\
--
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