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Back to the original subject, 'more', what if we actually provided a more.exe binary? more != less, since they DO behave differently. If somebody wanted to adapt the attached source (taken from the util-linux distribution) so that it builds within cygutils, I'd add it to the package. See /usr/doc/cygutils-1.0.0/HOW-TO-CONTRIBUTE --Chuck Christopher Faylor wrote: > On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 11:08:17AM -0500, Earnie Boyd wrote: > >>Christopher Faylor wrote: >> >>>On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:56:30AM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >>> >>>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>>From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com] >>>>>Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 2:39 AM >>>>> >>>>>Actually, I don't think there is any reason to have a default >>>>>/etc/profile for ash. I think it is really only useful for bash. The >>>>>current /etc/profile seems to assume that it is running under bash. >>>>>However, it really should be more ash friendly since ash reads >>>>>/etc/profile. Either that or maybe ash should read something other >>>>>than /etc/profile. >>>>> >>>>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. > > If you're referring to adding an alias for 'more', then we're not > talking about that. 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. > > cgf >
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