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From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE
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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:

> 
> 
> On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, dennis wrote:
> 
> > At 09:48 AM 3/27/97 +1100, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:
> > >On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, dennis wrote:
> > >
> > >> You guys ever think of doing a patch release (like a single tarball with 
> > >> the changes) for those of us that spent 2 days setting up 2.2R? 
> > >
> > >Yes, I have.  To upgrade to 2.2.1, I'll be fetching bin/*, unpacking, rm 
> > >-rf etc dev, repack, then untar with --unlink and -p.
> >
> > Are the only changes in bin? What about the source to the kernel modules?
> > dont you need ssys also?
> 
> Yes, you are right.  The 2.2.1 README clearly states that there are 
> kernel changes also, esp the 2940 code.
> 
> The principle remains the same - /etc does not get clobbered.

Why not?  /etc is part of the bin dist.
 
> Danny
> 



 Ben

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