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Date:      Mon, 7 Apr 1997 09:00:16 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Cc:        avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: on the subject of changes to -RELEASEs...
Message-ID:  <199704071600.JAA29934@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <199704070944.TAA06958@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> from "Michael Smith" at Apr 7, 97 07:14:39 pm

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> Darren Reed stands accused of saying:
> > In some mail from Michael Smith, sie said:
> > [...] 
> > > 
> > > * download Danny's 2.2.1 binary upgrade.
> > 
> > Right.  If a source code equivalent of this was available, it'd be perfect.
> 
> See my other mail to you.  I'm inclined to agree with you, and we
> should automate this while the motivation is still fresh.

Bletch.

You can't upgrade /etc reliably because the data and the implementation
aren't sufficiently seperate to let you safely stomp on a number of
files which need stomping in an upgrade.  It *must* be a manual
operation until that is addressed.


					Regards,
					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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or previous employers.



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