Christos Zoulas wrote:

> In article <199908141825.OAA01657@pzero.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca>,
> Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> wrote:
> >
> >  This is a mistake. What is the intended purpose of ${RENAME}, btw.
> 
>      -r	Install to a temporary file and then rename the file to its final
> 	destination name. This can be used for precious files, to avoid
> 	truncation of the original when error conditions (filesystem full
> 	etc.) occur.
> 
> It should be made the default actually.

I'll do this as part of the "UNPRIVILEDGED" stuff.

Simon.