From d875fbb52e85c6f72fa95ab9a38a6837fc094a86 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joey Hess Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:50:02 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] response --- .../Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn b/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn index 5f556783b..97ea61883 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/Please_avoid_using___39__cp_-a__39___in_Makefile.PL.mdwn @@ -12,3 +12,8 @@ The change in question (from 2.56 to 2.60) can be seen here: Please restore the old behaviour of using 'install' :-) -- [[HenrikBrixAndersen]] + +> I use cp -a because I don't want non-executable files to be installed +> executable. (Causes breakage with setup file creation code) I really +> wish *BSD could get out of the 70's in this area.. +> --[[Joey]]