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From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Installing COPYING or LICENSE files
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 13:01:51
Message-Id: 20051227145755.GB22121@dmz.brixandersen.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Installing COPYING or LICENSE files by "Harald van Dijk"
1 On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 12:20:39PM +0100, Harald van Dijk wrote:
2 > iputils doesn't do a make install, and if it did, it would still be
3 > reasonable if that didn't copy the license, since the users who run that
4 > themselves don't need it.
5
6 I don't really see the big difference (regarding this issue) in
7 manually installing a package or using Gentoo Portage for installing
8 it?
9
10 Why would people who install it via a script in Gentoo Portage want
11 the useless files installed - when they wouldn't want them installed
12 when doing a manual install?
13
14 Regards,
15 Brix
16 --
17 Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
18 Gentoo Metadistribution | Mobile computing herd

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Installing COPYING or LICENSE files "Harald van Dijk" <truedfx@g.o>