[4830] in Athena Bugs
vax 6.4R: /usr/bin/install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John T Kohl)
Fri Apr 27 14:11:57 1990
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 90 14:11:41 -0400
From: John T Kohl <jtkohl@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
System name: lycus
Type and version: CVAXSTAR 6.4R
Display type: SM
What were you trying to do?
install a program from /site/... to ~/vaxbin
What's wrong:
/usr/bin/install gets confused:
[{1}lycus:~/vaxbin]
% install -c -s /site/jtkohl/twm/twm .
install: can't move /site/jtkohl/twm/twm onto itself
Exit 1 install -c -s /site/jtkohl/twm/twm .
[{1}lycus:~/vaxbin]
% where install
/usr/bin/install
[{1}lycus:~/vaxbin]
% pwd
/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/j/jtkohl/vaxbin
[{1}lycus:~/vaxbin]
% ls -l twm*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 jtkohl 192512 Apr 26 11:03 twm.old
[{1}lycus:~/vaxbin]
%
What should have happened:
It should have copied & stripped twm and moved it into ~/vaxbin.
It should NOT have claimed that twm would have been copied onto itself.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
install(1)
