[ic] makecat & tlink/vlink

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Dan B (db@cyclonehq.dnsalias.net):
> At 03:32 PM 7/11/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> >Something I've been wondering...  because sometimes when I copy a catalogs
> >/cgi-bin/store.cgi file to another catalog, it works, and sometimes it
> >doesn't.
> >
> >Does any config info get compiled into that file?  If not, I guess my
> >problem is elsewhere.

Actually yes -- either the file location of a UNIX-domain socket or
the TCP/IP address/port get compiled in.

> >
> >It seems, however, that many people recommend re-running makecat instead of
> >duplicating a catalog structure and modifying.  Why?
> 
> It's probably your setuid bit.  Either chmod u+s the file or copy it with 
> 'cp -a'.  Makecat works too.

Even easier is bin/compile_link -- which has docs if you do
"perldoc bin/compile_link".

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