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

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 03:00:38AM -0700, DH wrote:
> > I can't see the need to force an overwrite if the files are exactly the same,
> > so I'm not inclined to implement an "always overwrite" feature.  Some major
> > convincing would be in order.
> 
> It's simple.
> Why should I bother checking to see if the files have changed,
> if all I want is to blindly overwrite regardless.

You don't have to check, MakeMaker does that work for you.  Is install
running to slow for you?


> Why should I have to resort to touching all the files or uninstalling 
> (which is iffy) so I can essentially blindly overwrite ?

Why do you have to touch all the files?  Rather, why do you need all
the modification times updated?


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