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Re: How do you force make to overwrite all files upon make install?

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DH
Date:
April 30, 2003 07:24
Subject:
Re: How do you force make to overwrite all files upon make install?
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20030430142439.80417.qmail@web40203.mail.yahoo.com
> > bother
> > since it would be a no-op.  'make install' will do that by default.  
> > How is
> > it not overwriting?

I don't know how the modification detection is being done,
i'm not particularly interested,
I just  want to force an overwrite regardless.

> > UNINST=1 has nothing to do with that.  'make install UNINST=1' deletes
> > all copies of the files elsewhere in your @INC path (aka 'shadowing')
> > so they don't interfere with your newly installed version.

sorry for the confucious ;) i am aware of what UNINST=1 does, i was just sayin

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