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Re: [update] base-files and base-passwd
At 04:27 PM 8/21/2004 +0100, John Morrison wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:25:24 -0400 I wrote
>>> >John,
>>> >
>>> >could you use "cp -p" in base-files-profile.sh?
>>> >
>>> >The postinstall exim.sh uses the non-existence of /etc/exim.conf
>>> >as the sign that it's a fresh installation. That test doesn't
>>> >work right if it happens to run after base-files-profile.sh,
>>> >because it creates /etc/exim.conf from /etc/defaults/etc
>>> >
>>> >Being able to compare dates would greatly help.
>>>
>>> That was brain dead suggestion because the -p undoes
>>> the effect of the "touch" and reintroduces the ntsec
>>> problem with cp.
>>> Using the -p to timestamp the file has become unnecessary
>>> anyway since now base-files-profile only handles files in its
>>> manifest.
>>> I am afraid a new version is necessary. Sorry about that.
>>
>> There's always "touch -r" (or "touch --reference="), if you really need
>> the timestamp. This won't touch the ACLs.
>
>Hi guys,
>
>I've removed the -p from the copy instruction, there's -3 available now at
>
><http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j-n-s.morrison/john/cygwin/base-files/base-fi
les-3.0-3.tar.bz2>
>
>is the timestamp really necessary?
I don't think so.
Pierre