On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM, James
Pearson<[email protected]> wrote:
> /usr/bin/install shipped with RHEL4 had a '-C' option - the man page entry
> is:
>
>  -C  Install  file,  unless target already exists and is the same as
>     the new file, in which case  the  modification  time  won’t  be
>     changed.
>
> However, with /usr/bin/install on RHEL5, this option is not there.
>
> The changelog for RHEL5 coreutils has:
>
> * Thu Mar 24 2005 Tim Waugh <[email protected]> 5.2.1-43
> - Removed patch that adds -C option to install(1).
>
> Does anyone know why this option was removed?

http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08924.html

-- 
Justin Cook

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