Joachim Breitner <[email protected]> writes: > What is the difference between > + cp -ax dist-ghc6/build/$${EXEC}/$${EXEC} > debian/$${DEBNAME}/usr/bin/$${EXEC}; \ > and > + install -m 755 dist-ghc6/build/$${EXEC}/$${EXEC} > debian/$${DEBNAME}/usr/bin/$${EXEC}; \
IIRC, install will result in the destination being uid and gid 0 by default, whereas -a will preserve whatever the existing ownership is. > Note that there might be packages that install more than one executable, > but that should all go in one package, or some binaries should go to the > -dev package. For example, darcs.cabal can build three binaries: "darcs", "unit" and "witness", but only the first of these should be installed (the other two are for testing). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
