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Re: [PATCH] Install config files
- From: ams at gnu dot org (Alfred M. Szmidt)
- To: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- Cc: allan at archlinux dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 04:53:04 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Install config files
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- Reply-to: ams at gnu dot org
> I find it quite iffy when `make install' in any source tree
> starts touching anything in SYSCONFDIR...
If you are running make install without DESTDIR, you doing
something wrong anyway.
If I am setting up a chroot, copy my configurations files to
DESTDIR/etc/nsswitch.conf, and then do `make install DESTDIR=...' then
I should be able to assume that they have not been overwritten.
`install-sysconf' is a nice compromise in this regard.