From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: use of tar in make install rules
Date: Fri, 11 May 2012 21:08:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <t58vgytddh.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4FADAFE1.3030605@cs.ucla.edu
Paul Eggert wrote:
> Well, you didn't want me to tell you, but ....
>
> cp -R is not portable.
Nooo....
I'm a little surprised there isn't (?) a portable autoconf solution for
this, or that coreutil's install program does not handle source directories.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-05-12 1:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-05-11 19:30 use of tar in make install rules Glenn Morris
2012-05-12 0:33 ` Paul Eggert
2012-05-12 1:08 ` Glenn Morris [this message]
2012-05-15 17:05 ` Glenn Morris
2012-05-15 17:16 ` Andreas Schwab
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