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using "install_root"
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- Subject: using "install_root"
- From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 11:55:48 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-To: glibc-linux@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu
I'm in the habit of using the alternative install_root trick
when updating glibc, for safety's sake. One problem: when
installing the new files using tar, existing symlinks are not
overwritten and I have to fix these by hand. Is there a smarter
way of doing this? In the tar manpage I can't find any
equivalent of cp's "-f" option -- can cpio do that?
--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC