it falls back to using install

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / Use_install__40__1__41___instead_of_cp__40__1__41___for_installing_files.mdwn

diff --git a/doc/bugs/Use_install__40__1__41___instead_of_cp__40__1__41___for_installing_files.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Use_install__40__1__41___instead_of_cp__40__1__41___for_installing_files.mdwn
index 812b030f15f546a39f40acc233de4cbf23d9489a..12c0ad07fa12e30e4add15b5ee6c57f3f701f817 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/bugs/Use_install__40__1__41___instead_of_cp__40__1__41___for_installing_files.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Use_install__40__1__41___instead_of_cp__40__1__41___for_installing_files.mdwn
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Currently ikiwiki uses cp(1) with GNU extensions in Makefile.PL for installing files, thus causing problems on FreeBSD which doesn't have a cp(1) with GNU extentions in the base system.
+Currently ikiwiki uses cp(1) with GNU extensions in Makefile.PL for installing files, thus causing problems on FreeBSD which doesn't have a cp(1) with GNU extensions in the base system.
 
-Here is a patch againt ikiwiki-1.51 for using find(1) and install(1) instead of cp(1).
+Here is a patch against ikiwiki-1.51 for using find(1) and install(1) instead of cp(1).
 
     --- Makefile.PL.orig       Sun Apr 29 12:57:51 2007
     +++ Makefile.PL    Sun Apr 29 13:08:38 2007
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ Here is a patch againt ikiwiki-1.51 for using find(1) and install(1) instead of
        install -m 644 ikiwiki.man $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1/ikiwiki.1
 
 > Couldn't it just use install -D ? --[[Joey]]
+
+>> No, apparently FreeBSD `install` does not support `-D`.  See [the FreeBSD install manpage](http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=install&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.2-RELEASE&format=html). --[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+>> Patch applied; [[done]]. --[[JoshTriplett]]
+
+There are still/again "cp -a"s in the Makefile as of 3.00
+
+> It's a cp -a || install. Is that causing you a problem somehow?
+> --[[Joey]]