joe-2.8 - a new package for review

[Morrison, John]

> From: Gerrit P. Haase [mailto:freeweb@nyckelpiga.de]
> Hello John,
> 
> >> From: letters@hotpop.com [mailto:letters@hotpop.com]
> >> 
> >> drwxr-xr-x root/None         0 2003-07-04 14:17:34 etc/joe/
> >> -rw-r--r-- root/None     17169 2003-07-04 14:17:34 etc/joe/joerc
> 
> [...]
> 
> > These would be better copied into position by a postinstall script
> > if they don't already exist.  Otherwise a reinstallation/new
> > installation will overwrite user modifications.
> 
> IIRC, userfiles belong in ~/, the home directory, if a .joerc is found
> there it overrides the global settings.  So there is no need to modify
> the default settings in /etc/joe/ which are just what the name says:
> 'default settings'.

OK, so I should have said root modifications ;)

I take your point, but it doesn't stop advice like...

"just add export USER=xxx to /etc/profile"

J.


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