From 54614d88bc91d0c188108b467fb518c7d3de7c06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Youngman Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 21:55:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] install: indicate clearly it's not for installing packages. To: address@hidden * src/instrall.c (usage): Indicate the program copies binary files, as opposed to installing packages. --- src/install.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/install.c b/src/install.c index a7c3b3d..a320868 100644 --- a/src/install.c +++ b/src/install.c @@ -816,6 +816,14 @@ Usage: %s [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DEST\n\ "), program_name, program_name, program_name, program_name); fputs (_("\ +\n\ +The install utility copies files (which you will normally have recently\n\ +compiled) into the location you decided to install them. If in fact you\n\ +want to download and install a ready-to-use package instead of compiling it\n\ +yourself, you should probably be using different program. The right choice\n\ +of program depends on your operating system. Popular choices for GNU/Linux\n\ +systems are yum(1) and apt-get(1).\n\ +\n\ In the first three forms, copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to\n\ the existing DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group.\n\ In the 4th form, create all components of the given DIRECTORY(ies).\n\ -- 1.5.6.5