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Subject:	Re: Don't I get /etc/profile with a fresh installation?
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On 3/15/2016 8:36 AM, Gerrit Haase wrote:
> Back then there was some postinstallation script which was creating
> basic files like /etc/profile and other basic things were created with
> the first login, like/home/<user> directory, including basic files
> there.

That's still the case.  The relevant postinstall script is 
/etc/postinstall/base-files-profile.sh.  You might check 
/var/log/setup.log and/or /var/log/setup.log.full to see if you can tell 
why it failed.  Or try running it manually.

Ken

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