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Re: base-files package needs a maintainer


Michael A Chase wrote:

> Shouldn't this be part of the ash package?  Now that it's part of the Base
> category, there shouldn't be any problem creating /etc/profile when ash is
> installed.


No.  ash provides ash.  base-files provides the data for a purely 
data-driven setup.exe.  That is, the scripts (which require ash) to 
create /etc/.profile, /etc/.bashrc, etc.

base-files may later do more stuff, like create the /usr/local/ tree and 
the /var tree -- why should setup.exe have that stuff hardcoded into it?

Once the configuration tasks performed by base-files grows, why should 
it be part of the "ash" package?  You don't want to redo the setup 
scripts when updating ash.exe, do you?

--Chuck

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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Collins" <robert.collins@itdomain.com.au>
> To: <cygwin-apps@sources.redhat.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 05:24
> Subject: base-files package needs a maintainer
> 
> 
> 
>>Setup.hint:
>>@ base_files
>>sdesc: "Core common files needed for correct operation of cygwin"
>>category: Base
>>
>>The entire package is attached.
>>
>>The /etc/profile generation is getting removed from setup.exe unless
>>someone provides a _real good_ reason for it to remain.
>>
>>Setup.exe should be *data driven*, and in this area is not at the
>>moment.
>>
>>This package can be released at any point, it shouldn't cause any
>>problem with current setup.exe's, and will allow a future release of
>>setup.exe to do away with the /etc/profile generation crud.
>>
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