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tcsh postinstall script


Hi,

This is mostly for Corinna (as the tcsh maintainer)...
I just noticed what the tcsh postinstall script looks like.
Quoting:

> rm -f /usr/bin/csh /usr/bin/csh.exe /usr/bin/csh.lnk
> ln -s tcsh /usr/bin/csh

Isn't the above a bit brutal?  I mean, suppose the user has her own
/bin/csh script that invokes tcsh with some flags?  Or suppose she ported
some other csh and installed it as /usr/bin/csh.exe?  Wouldn't it make
more sense to do what the other postinstall scripts do and only link if
the file doesn't exist?
	Igor
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