Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/01/28/17:47:45
Michael A Chase wrote:
> Shouldn't this be part of the ash package? Now that it's part of the Base
> category, there shouldn't be any problem creating /etc/profile when ash is
> installed.
No. ash provides ash. base-files provides the data for a purely
data-driven setup.exe. That is, the scripts (which require ash) to
create /etc/.profile, /etc/.bashrc, etc.
base-files may later do more stuff, like create the /usr/local/ tree and
the /var tree -- why should setup.exe have that stuff hardcoded into it?
Once the configuration tasks performed by base-files grows, why should
it be part of the "ash" package? You don't want to redo the setup
scripts when updating ash.exe, do you?
--Chuck
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
> To: <cygwin-apps AT sources DOT redhat DOT com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 05:24
> Subject: base-files package needs a maintainer
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>>Setup.hint:
>>@ base_files
>>sdesc: "Core common files needed for correct operation of cygwin"
>>category: Base
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>>The entire package is attached.
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>>The /etc/profile generation is getting removed from setup.exe unless
>>someone provides a _real good_ reason for it to remain.
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>>Setup.exe should be *data driven*, and in this area is not at the
>>moment.
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>>This package can be released at any point, it shouldn't cause any
>>problem with current setup.exe's, and will allow a future release of
>>setup.exe to do away with the /etc/profile generation crud.
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