From: Joey Hess <joey@kodama.kitenet.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:50:02 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: response
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response
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn
index 5f556783b..97ea61883 100644
--- a/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn
+++ b/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn
@@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ The change in question (from 2.56 to 2.60) can be seen here:
 Please restore the old behaviour of using 'install' :-)
 
   -- [[HenrikBrixAndersen]]
+
+> I use cp -a because I don't want non-executable files to be installed
+> executable. (Causes breakage with setup file creation code) I really
+> wish *BSD could get out of the 70's in this area..
+> --[[Joey]]