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- From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.misc
- Subject: Re: making inst distributions (was: Re: ghostscript)
- Message-ID: <1im73lINNbdi@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 09:49:41 GMT
- References: <1il5f4INN6pq@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1993Jan9.023523.861@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1ilp7jINNioq@fido.asd.sgi.com> <1993Jan9.081614.6675@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Silicon Graphics, Research & Development
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- In article <1993Jan9.081614.6675@leland.Stanford.EDU>, dhinds@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hinds) writes:
- |> In article <1ilp7jINNioq@fido.asd.sgi.com> pj@sgi.com writes:
- |> > If you have intentionally modified a normal inst'ed file, a
- |> > file not known as a config file to inst, then you would like
- |> > to tell inst, to treat this file as if it were a config
- |> > file:
- |> >
- |> > * naming upgrade versions with a .N suffix,
- |> > * listing that file in the output of "versions changed",
- |> > * giving you a chance to merge in your localisms, and
- |> > * letting you list all config files, for cloning systems.
- |>
- |> Yes, yes, yes, and yes!
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- Well - now I've done the easy part - understand the request.
- I just wish I knew when you might see this ...
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- Paul Jackson (pj@sgi.com), x1373
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