"Rodney W. Grimes" wrote:
> Good analysis deleted...
>
> > src/usr.bin/xinstall could probably have been named src/usr.bin/install,
> > but PROG has to be xinstall regardless. I guess they kept the two as
> > xinstall for consistancy and in case there were other gotcha's like this.
>
> But you forgot what happens if you have a ``file'' named install:
>
> cd /tmp
> mkdir install
> make install
>
> Now you know the real reason the directory is called ``xinstall''.
Ahh yes, of course. 'cd src/usr.bin; make install' would fail. :-)
Cheers,
-Peter
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