[PATCH] install: support -t option

Denys Vlasenko vda.linux at googlemail.com
Wed Sep 24 20:16:47 UTC 2014


On Wednesday 24 September 2014 20:59, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 02:53:35AM +0200, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 September 2014 21:12, Aaro Koskinen wrote:
> > > Some packages want to install themselves using "-t" to specify
> > > the directory (as supported by GNU coreutils). Add support for the option
> > > for compatibility reasons.
> > > 
> > > Tested by building & installing "perf" from Linux kernel tree
> > > (its install uses -t), plus some other packages which don't use it
> > > to check there's no breakage.
> > 
> > Applied with slight changes for smaller code.
> > Please try current git and let me know if I broke something.
> 
> Seems to work fine, but usage has a typo:
> 
> Usage: install [-cdDsp] [-o USER] [-g GRP] [-m MODE] [-d DIR] [SOURCE]... DEST
>                                                       ^^
>                                                   Should be -t

fixing....


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