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Re: profile package


On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 11:02, Hack Kampbjørn wrote:
> Christopher Faylor wrote:
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 11:27:06PM +0200, Hack Kampbj?rn wrote:
> > >What about depending on all the programs called in the scripts like:
> > ># cp, mkdir -> fileutils
> > ># hostname, id -> sh-utils
> > ># sh -> ash
> > ># tr -> textutils
> > >requires: ash fileutils sh-utils textutils
> > >
> > >Maybe the postinstall script could create the directory structure: /dev,
> > >/home, /var, /tmp, symlink hosts and services to the real windows files
> > 
> > Yes, this is a valid point except maybe for the sh case, since the point
> > of these files is to help with sh/bash.
> 
> Then the postinstall script should be rewritten as a windows batch
> script instead of using /bin/sh as now.

I think Hack was saying that the package needs ash to execute correctly,
so it should depend on it - even though the package is there to help
bash.

Rob

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