-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Jari Aalto on 2/8/2006 9:16 AM: > >>...and by locating the default quiltrc file under /etc/defaults >>instead of stashed away in >>/usr/share/doc/quilt-<VER>/examples/quilt.quiltrc and requiring all >>that scripting to locate. > > > I need more information. The original quilt installs file to: > > /etc/quilt.quiltrc [1] > > which would conflict with user settings during upgrades. So the file > is relocated with (CYGBUILD/install-after.sh) to: > > ./usr/share/doc/quilt-0.43/examples/quilt.quiltrc > > That file will be installed to [1] by postinstall, if user did not > have [1] already.
Correct concept, just a strange choice of template location compared to other cygwin packages. > > I was under impression /etc is under user's control and scripts should > not overwrite files there. Is the /etc/defaults/* is meant to be used > differently? Like that you suggest using it for example files? Yes, /etc/defaults is under cygwin package control for that very use. For example, coreutils now provides /etc/defaults/etc/DIR_COLORS, which used to be provided by base-files. By sticking the prefix /etc/defaults in front of any user-editable template, it becomes easy to locate all templates in a single hierarchy, regardless of which package installed them. This is easier than looking in /usr/share/doc/package/examples. >>However, it seems like these scripts are probably provided from some >>generic build system (cygbuild?) and so if it's easier to do it the >>overly-complex way then go with that. Still, it seems a lot more >>error-prone. Have you ever considered proposing cygbuild as a cygwin package? - -- Life is short - so eat dessert first! Eric Blake [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD6hzO84KuGfSFAYARAq82AJ9ORdNA3ClCS3chybOwixbWvk/DawCgyL5Z QB4pZQiXy41uBiNB0vLjUU0= =ULvn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
