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Re: base-files: Does not permit the use of symlinks in /etc/profile.d/


John Morrison wrote:
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).

Would find then apply the -iname tests to the link destination too, then? That would be a potential confusion. How about using \( -type f -o -type l \) ?


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 ;)

Oops - you're completely right! It never occurred to me that there was some /etc/defaults processing done at preremove time.




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 ;)

I don't have much personal use for PHP, so I've not tried to compile it. I'm happy to discuss problems though - start a new thread.


Max.


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