Randy McMurchy wrote: > Hi all, > > This is mostly for the Editor team, but comments from anyone would > be great. > > I've noticed (on at least one recent commit) that installation commands > are being changed from (for example). > > install -m644 -v somefile someplace > > to > > install -m644 -v -o root -g root somefile someplace > > The command is already preceded by an instruction to do it as root. > Additionally, if you do it as root, the -o and -g is redundant. If > you don't do it as root, it won't work anyway, regardless of the -o > and -g. > > By feeling is the redundancy looks amateurish. Sure -o and -g has > its place in the informative/instructional side, but probably should > only be used when needed.
Agree. I think the -o and -g options are for setting the values to a non-root value. -- Bruce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
