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Re: Problem installing coreutils-5.2.1 over the same prefix
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz |
Subject: |
Re: Problem installing coreutils-5.2.1 over the same prefix |
Date: |
Fri, 02 Apr 2004 09:16:59 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
>>> "Paul" == Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
Paul> "mv -f" was not in 7th Edition Unix (in fact, the lack of -f is listed
Paul> under BUGS in the mv man page). I vaguely recall running into old
Paul> systems that lacked mv -f back in the 1980s. I'd be surprised to see
Paul> such a system in use today. I put that comment in "just to be safe".
[...]
Paul> I'd say it's safe these days.
Thanks for the clarification!
>> The autoconf manual claims that `mv -f' is portable
Paul> I couldn't find that claim with a quick search of the CVS version of
Paul> the Autoconf manual. Perhaps I didn't use the right regexp.
FWIW, it's in
Limitations of Usual Tools
==========================
[...]
`mv'
The only portable options are `-f' and `-i'.
[...]
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Alexandre Duret-Lutz