On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 05:34:08PM -0000, Rob MacGregor wrote: > I have a strange (maybe) desire to be able to only install the new or > changed files when doing a "make installworld" on FreeBSD (5.2 or later > ideally). Does anybody know if this is possible?
Putting INSTALL=install -C into /etc/make.conf will compare files before installing, and avoid overwriting a file with an identical copy of itself. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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