> Very often I see makefile use install(1) when cp, mkdir, chmod, and > Co. would be equally compact.
Consider install -D -m755 -u foo -g bar foo.sh $DESTDIR/usr/bin vs. mkdir -p $DESTDIR/usr/bin cp foo.sh $DESTDIR/usr/bin chmod 755 $DESTDIR/usr/bin/foo.sh chown foo:bar $DESTDIR/usr/bin/foo.sh and tell me about "equally compact" again... install has been there since one of the early BSD releases and has been adopted from every UNIX(-clone) I am aware of. Kind regards, Moritz Wilhelmy
