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Re: base-files: Does not permit the use of symlinks in /etc/profile.d/
- From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb at ukf dot net>
- To: "Cygwin Apps" <cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 17:33:56 +0100
- Subject: Re: base-files: Does not permit the use of symlinks in /etc/profile.d/
John Morrison replied to me privately (accidentally, I presume).
I'm forwarding the message to cygwin-apps@ to maintain threading:
Original Message below:
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Hi Max,
On Fri, September 16, 2005 11:27 pm, Max Bowsher wrote:
The current /etc/profile does not permit the use of symlinks in
/etc/profile.d/ - it ignores them.
Sorry, didn't realise. If I change the line
/bin/find /etc/profile.d -type f -iname '*.sh' -or -iname '*.zsh'
to be
/bin/find -L /etc/profile.d -type f -iname '*.sh' -or -iname '*.zsh'
would that fix things? (The -L tells find to follow the link and make
decisions based on the actual file AFAICT).
Unfortunately, even if this was fixed in the package, existing installs
wouldn't get fixed, because /etc/profile is handled via /etc/defaults :-(
What's wrong with /etc/defaults? This sort of update is precisely what
it's supposed to handle. The only time people won't get upgraded is if
they've manually edited their /etc/profile (or they have a copy which
existed before /etc/defaults came into existence). These folks have been
told to upgrade and where it's better to place their modifications, surely
we've given them enough time by now ;)
J.
PS, off this thread, since you are maintaining Apache2 atm, could you let
me know if you've ever taken a look at the php module? I'd like to get
phpBB working, but couldn't get the php module to compile correctly. No
worries if it's not on your agenda ;)