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Re: [update] base-files and base-passwd


On  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:25:24 -0400 I wrote
>John,
>
>could you use "cp -p" in base-files-profile.sh?
>
>The postinstall exim.sh uses the non-existence of /etc/exim.conf
>as the sign that it's a fresh installation. That test doesn't
>work right if it happens to run after base-files-profile.sh,
>because it creates /etc/exim.conf from /etc/defaults/etc
>
>Being able to compare dates would greatly help.

That was brain dead suggestion because the -p undoes
the effect of the "touch" and reintroduces the ntsec
problem with cp.
Using the -p to timestamp the file has become unnecessary 
anyway since now base-files-profile only handles files in its
manifest. 
I am afraid a new version is necessary. Sorry about that.

Pierre


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