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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb>
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Subject: Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs...
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 1997 13:50:17 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, hackers@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <16569.860942772@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Apr 13, 97 07:46:12 am
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > As Jonathan M. Bresler wrote:
> > 
> > > 	2. edit /etc/sysconfig to contain shell HERE documents.
> > > 	   if a shell variable is set (CONFIGETC ?) then and only then
> > > 	   are the HERE documents used to replace the contents of the
> > > 	   files in /etc.   the location _does_not_chnage_.
> > 
> > But you remember that shell here documents use (hidden) tempfiles,
> > thus require a writable /tmp?
> 
> Heh heh, I just knew there was a fly in the ointment here somewhere! ;-)
> 

	mfs, mfs ,mfs 
jmb