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Re: Handling of /etc/printcap



On Mon, Jan 19 1998 14:20 CST Steve Greenland writes:
> Providing a 'modify-<conffile>' script doesn't solve the problem.
Why not?

> The problem is that the conffile is modified without the user knowing, and
> the next time they install the package that provided the conffile, they
> get messages about replacing a modified conffile of which they've never
> heard, don't know what it does, and don't have any idea how to answer.
At least not with magicfilter: the filter doesn't simply work with an 
properly set up /etc/printcap...

But the situation is still not optimum.

David
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Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
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