Subject: Re: install-target for /sys/arch/*/conf/Makefile.* ?
To: Andrew Brown <atatat@atatdot.net>
From: Frederick Bruckman <fb@enteract.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/29/2000 09:46:46
On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Andrew Brown wrote:
> >> rm -f /onetbsd
> >> ln /netbsd /onetbsd
> >> cp netbsd /nnetbsd
> >> mv /nnetbsd /netbsd
> >
> > Functionally identical (just because :)
> > ln -f /netbsd /onetbsd
> > cp netbsd /nnetbsd
> > mv /nnetbsd /netbsd
>
> i was gonna parry with
>
> install -crb netbsd /netbsd
I prefer to use "mv netbsd /", or "cp -p netbsd /". That way, the
ctime closely matches the embedded id, so I have an easier time
keeping them straight if I've built two or three one after another.