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Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 12:04:00 +1100 (EST)
From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au>
To: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.1-RELEASE
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997, Snob Art Genre wrote:

> On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > >
> > > >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.
> > >
> > The principle remains the same - /etc does not get clobbered.
> 
> Why not?  /etc is part of the bin dist.

because if you read my previous paragraph, it includes 'rm -rf etc'

Danny