Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This should bomb out right away,
> $ install -d /var/lib/dpkg/status /tmp/var/lib/dpkg/status
> install: `/var/lib/dpkg/status' exists but is not a directory
>
> instead of still creating /tmp/var/lib/dpkg/status.

Why?
Most other tools (cp, rm, mkdir, mv) continue processing
remaining command line arguments even if one provokes an error.


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