Re: Add redirection to "install" for package managers

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 06 February 2009 13:16:25 David A. Wheeler wrote:
> I'd like to add a simple redirection capability to "install" to make
> package creation easier.  Any objections/comments?  Here's some
> background...
>
> Instead of fixing each program, one by one forever, I'd rather automate
> it once.  At the least, the "install" program should be able to redirect
> to another directory, sort-of-like a built-in DESTDIR instead of having
> to rewrite everyone's makefile.

broken packages tend to use `cp` and `mkdir` and `mv` and `rm` and `ln` and 
mkdir-helper scripts.  you suggesting those should be changed as well ?

simply fixing said package sounds saner to me ...
-mike

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