[aur-general] Guidelines: cp, mkdir vs install

[Allan McRae]

On 29/12/11 19:56, François Boulogne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Looking to improve the quality of my packages, I read again the guidelines.
> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_Packaging_Standards
> 
> However, it don't see anything about the install command like
> install -d $pkgdir/usr/{bin,share/man/man1,share/locale}
> 
> Some contributors on AUR use cp or mkdir to install files/dir (when no
> makefile is provided) and others use install command.
> 
> What's the opinion of TU on this point?
> 

Use install with -m specifying the correct permissions

Allan