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On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 01:43, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > Current packaging instructions at http://cygwin.com/setup.html#package_contents > indicate that --sysconfdir should be set to "/etc". Should this perhaps be > changed to "/etc/defaults/etc", with the subsequent instruction that if your > package actually has anything in sysconfdir, it should conditionally copy it to > /etc if it doesn't already exist with a postinstall script[1]? No. Programs built with /etc/defaults/etc may depend on their files being there in use. However, having the defaults installed into /etc/defaults/etc is a good idea. > [1] Setup wishlist item: Somehow tag files like this and integrate "replace if > not exist else ask user if he wants to replace" functionality into setup, > eliminating the need for disparate shell scripts and their possible disparate > bugs. Yah - thats one of the TODO's already, as both dpkg and rpm 'know about' config files. Rob -- GPG key available at: <http://members.aardvark.net.au/lifeless/keys.txt>.
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