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- From: pj@sam.wpd.sgi.com (Paul Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
- Subject: Re: Inst issue
- Message-ID: <1jq9ljINNchm@fido.asd.sgi.com>
- Date: 23 Jan 93 02:14:11 GMT
- References: <1993Jan22.150642.1476@biome.bio.ns.ca>
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- In article <1993Jan22.150642.1476@biome.bio.ns.ca>, silvert@biome.bio.ns.ca (Bill Silvert) writes:
- |> It would be nice if one could get inst to ask before making these kinds
- |> of changes [to some /usr/local/bin files] ...
-
- I can imagine having inst be able to (1) tell you any existing
- file that would be changed if the currently selected products are
- installed, and, more interesting perhaps, (2) tell you any file
- that would be changed where the current contents of that file is
- not the result of inst'ing a product/version that is being
- replaced by one of the product/versions selected for installation
- -- that is the product/version about to be installed will alter a
- file already present that wasn't inst'd, or was modified since
- inst'ing, or was inst'ed from an apparently unrelated package.
-
- We have a ways to go before we can realize such capabilities, but
- we are aggressively putting in place the underlying apparatus
- required to support such.
-
- --
-
- I won't rest till it's the best ...
- Software Production Engineer
- Paul Jackson (pj@sgi.com), x1373
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