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From:	"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT syncretize DOT net>
To:	"Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer AT krafteurope DOT com>, <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net>
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References:	<8D861ADC5B8FD211B4100008C71EA7DA04F70CF2 AT kjsdemucshrexc1 DOT eu DOT pm DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Missing libc documentation
Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2002 23:00:31 +1000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Demmer, Thomas" <TDemmer AT krafteurope DOT com>
To: <derbyshire AT globalserve DOT net>
Cc: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT 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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