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Re: Missing libc documentation
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at syncretize dot net>
- To: "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer at krafteurope dot com>,<derbyshire at globalserve dot net>
- Cc: <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:00:31 +1000
- Subject: Re: Missing libc documentation
- References: <8D861ADC5B8FD211B4100008C71EA7DA04F70CF2@kjsdemucshrexc1.eu.pm.com>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer@krafteurope.com>
To: <derbyshire@globalserve.net>
Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 7:21 PM
Subject: RE: Missing libc documentation
> Well, setup says during an upgrade that it first
> uninstalls the old package, and then installs the new one.
> Which files to uninstall it finds in /etc/setup/package.
> I don't know if it checks if one of the files has changed,
> and then not delete them but rename them to foo.old or
> so. At least, this would be helpful for files like /etc/profile
/etc/profile is not in any package. It is created if it is absent.
Hopefully we will soon be putting it in a package, but as
/etc/profile.default, and copying that over if it is missing.
Cheers,
Rob
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