On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 04:40:37PM +0800, Rong-En Fan wrote:

I found that in 4.2.0, most Makefile uses 'cp -p' to install programs, manaul pages, etc. This will result in wrong ownership if you build as a normal user and install by root.

I'm wondering why not using 'install' so we can handle ownership and permission at the same file?

Because "install" does not exist on all platforms.

Regards, Henrik