[ET Trac] [Einstein Toolkit] #2154: Cactus: suppress interaction when using mv in make files

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#2154: Cactus: suppress interaction when using mv in make files
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  Reporter:  Roland Haas  |      Owner:  (none)
      Type:  defect       |     Status:  review
  Priority:  minor        |  Milestone:
 Component:  Cactus       |    Version:  development version
Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by Erik Schnetter):

 POSIX does not requires this in general: This is only the case if either
 the "-i" option is given, or if the destination is not writable by the
 user.

 If a computing centre changes "mv" to "mv -i", then this is usually done
 via a shell alias. Those do not apply in a shell script.

 Is there a particular case where this is a problem? Almost every configure
 script uses "mv"; if "mv" was somehow broken, then most software would
 cease to function.

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