Better explain what INSTALL="install -C" does, and warn that this may

be hardwired into makefiles, including those under /usr/share/mk.

The reporter submitted a patch, but I've watered it down.

Reported by:	Ian Freislich <ianf@za.uu.net>
MFC after:	3 weeks
This commit is contained in:
Sheldon Hearn 2003-09-15 16:11:41 +00:00
parent 51adeba1aa
commit 192858e869

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@ -181,11 +181,13 @@ instead of
.It Va INSTALL
.Pq Vt str
the default install command.
To have commands compared before doing
the install, use
To install only files for which the target differs or does not exist, use
.Bd -literal -offset indent
INSTALL="install -C"
.Ed
Note that some makefiles (including those in
.Pa /usr/share/mk )
may hardcode options for the supplied install command.
.It Va LOCAL_DIRS
.Pq Vt str
List any directories that should be entered when doing