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Subject: Re: Binary-only ports -- where to put README, CHANGES files?
To: fenner@parc.xerox.com (Bill Fenner)
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 09:16:56 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <95Sep26.133706pdt.177475@crevenia.parc.xerox.com> from "Bill Fenner" at Sep 26, 95 01:37:04 pm
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Bill Fenner wrote:
> 
>   In addition, I would really like to be able to stick stuff in
> /usr/share/skel, since there is a bug in 'vat' that can be worked
> around by a ~/.vat.tcl in everyone's home directory.  But I know
> that the root filesystem is off-limits to ports.
> 
>   Any suggestions on either front?

We have a complete ${PREFIX} hierarchy. Why don't you use
${PREFIX}/share/skel? Maybe the adduser script will have to be told
about this, but that should be trivial.

tg