[GRASS5] Re: [GRASSLIST:3785] make install 5.7

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:36:02AM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> Sabine Grabner wrote:
> 
> > i made 'make install' and had a look to /usr/local/bin to check my
> > new command to run grass-5.7.0.
> >  
> > what i found was: 
> >  
> >  
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1173 2004-01-26 15:57 grass5 
> > lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           33 2004-05-12 09:57 grass57 -> /usr/
> > local/bin/grass57-10_05_2004 
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         1170 2004-06-30 10:05 grass57-10_05_2004 
> > -rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root         2391 2004-01-26 15:57 grass5uninstall.sh 
> >  
> > i am wondering if my old command grass57-10_05_2004 is now
> > overwritten as the date is doday's?
> 
> Yes. The "install" target generates the script using shell
> redirection:
> 
> 	-sed -e "s#^GISBASE.*#GISBASE=${INST_DIR}#" ${ARCH_BINDIR}/grass${VERSION_MAJOR}${VERSION_MINOR} > ${BINDIR}/grass${VERSION_MAJOR}${VERSION_MINOR}
> 
> This will overwrite any existing target.
> 
> [Developers: the correct fix is to create a temporary file and then
> install it using the INSTALL variable which is set by autoconf's
> AC_PROG_INSTALL macro. That will be the path to the "install" program
> if it is found, or the "install-sh" script otherwise. Both of these
> would have replaced the symlink with the new script rather than
> overwriting the symlink's target.]

If possible, please fix it directly in CVS.

Thanks,

 Markus