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Re: initscripts package available for review/upload


Creating a new inittab.default will not activate the package. That's why I
prefer to save an existing inittab and create a new one.

Sergey Okhapkin
Somerset, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Corinna Vinschen" <vinschen@redhat.com>
To: <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: initscripts package available for review/upload


> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:31:29PM -0500, Sergey Okhapkin wrote:
> > I did it already, but I can change the script if that's incorrect. I'd
like
> > to avoid introduction of *-config script...
>
> I think (but I'm not sure) people are most confused if their
> config files are changed w/o further notice.  We should avoid
> that.  However, in case of the inittab stuff, this could be
> accomplished most easily by a postinstall script.  INstead
> of an /etc/inittab file have a /etc/inittab.default (or so)
> nd copy it to /etc/inittab if it doesn't already exist.  That's
> all.
>
> Corinna
>
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