Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!apollo!vasta From: vasta@apollo.HP.COM (John Vasta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: /etc/install broken at SR10.3? Message-ID: <4fcbff80.20b6d@apollo.HP.COM> Date: 13 Feb 91 22:13:00 GMT References: Sender: root@apollo.HP.COM Reply-To: vasta@apollo.HP.COM (John Vasta) Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Apollo Division; Chelmsford, MA Lines: 27 In article chris@endgame.gsfc.nasa.gov (Chris Shenton) writes: >When compiling some stuff from the net which uses /etc/install, install >fails with some odd errors: > >1. /etc/install -c -m 0664 libmine.a /usr/lib > install: The -c, -f, -n options each require a directory following! > >And so there is! Well? > > >2. /etc/install -c myprog /usr/local/bin > cp: /usr/local/bin: Is a directory > >Of course /usr/local/bin is a directory -- the man pages say it will copy >the file to it. But, NOoooo! > >What's the deal? There are two install scripts - /etc/install and /bsd4.3/usr/bin/install. They have different command line syntax and behavior. It sounds like the install which is expected by the package you have is the bsd version, so you should probably be using /bsd4.3/usr/bin/install instead. John Vasta Hewlett-Packard Apollo Systems Division vasta@apollo.hp.com M.S. CHR-03-DW (508) 256-6600 x5978 300 Apollo Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824 UUCP: {decwrl!decvax, mit-eddie, attunix}!apollo!vasta