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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:26:04 -0500
From: Christopher Faylor <cygwin-apps AT cygwin DOT com>
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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:23:38AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Earnie Boyd [mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com] 
>> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:19 AM
>
>> > Could do - chat to Chris, the basefiles package maintainer :}.
>> > 
>> 
>> Sorry, once upon a time, some time ago, setup wrote that file 
>> directly. 
>> And, I've not kept up with all of the changes.
>
>Truth be told, in the current version it still does, however that file
>is one of the first cabs-off-the-rank to be fully data driven, and I
>posted a sample package for it here..  which Chris kindly offered to
>look after.

Actually, IIRC, I had some reservations about the "generic base-files"
concept which I don't think I ever got a satisfactory response to.

cgf
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