Mail Archives: cygwin-apps/2002/03/17/13:20:14
Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> >>>Well, my interest begins and ends with the file creation being moved
> >>>somewhere sensible. Simply running setup should not create
> >>>/etc/profile any more than installing sed.
> >>
> >>Yep. Agreed.
> >>
> >I'm not sure I agree. It doesn't matter what creates it, it needs
> >created. Go back before DJ created the patch to setup and take a look
> >at the mail list. It's a needed item, setup does it now. It's a
> >living method. It needs a modification, so just modify it. I would;
> >but, Robert, you've it already in your sandbox and it's such a simple
> >change.
>
> What are you not agreeing to? No one is denying that the /etc/profile
> files themselves need to be created.
>
I don't know that setup shouldn't be the creator of /etc/profile vs some
external package that installs it.
> If you're referring to adding an alias for 'more', then we're not
> talking about that.
I'm talking of adding the suggestion of
export PAGER=less
to the current methods of creating /etc/profile.
> It's not the correct solution anyway. Adding an
> alias in /etc/profile doesn't help tcsh users and it breaks ash usage
> without the addition of extra tests. Which, coincidentally, brings us
> back to the issue of what should be in /etc/profile.
>
I don't disagree with this. It's just that I made a _simple_ suggestion
and it broke out into a long winded conversation that ends up having
little relevance to the suggestion.
Earnie.
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