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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 12:26:52 -0600
From: JT Williams <jeffw AT darwin DOT sfbr DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Fileutils 4.0 port and ginstall
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-: > But if you've never seen anything that does check that 'src' has been
-: > copied to 'dest', then it's probably OK. I admit it does seem like a
-: > stange thing to do - you'd expect ginstall to return an error code if it
-: > failed.

Ok, I'm thoroughly confused now about what `install' will and will not do.
I use something like this in makefiles:

	$(INSTALL) foo/bar$(EXE) elsewhere/bar$(EXE)

where $(EXE) is `.exe' if `make' runs on my DJGPP box, and is null
otherwise.  Is `install' now  going to make this decision for me?