> On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 12:31:47AM -0500, Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > Yes, it's true: Mutt's been updated again: > > > > http://home.att.net/~g.r.vansickle/cygwin/mutt/setup.hint > > http://home.att.net/~g.r.vansickle/cygwin/mutt/mutt-1.4.1-1.tar.bz2 > > http://home.att.net/~g.r.vansickle/cygwin/mutt/mutt-1.4.1-1-src.tar.bz2 > > > > Now, this overwrites /etc/Muttrc and /etc/mime.types with extreme > prejudice, as > > both are overridable per-user; Corinna, did we decide this was kosher? > > I would really prefer not to override the /etc files but instead to > create them in /etc/defaults/etc and to write a postinstall script for > copying the defaults to /etc if necessary.
We (and by "we" I of course mean somebody else ;-)) should put words to that effect on http://cygwin.com/setup.html in that case. Maybe a sample postinstall script too. How things read now, it really looks like the way I have it is the accepted practice. > Even though /etc/Muttrc is > overridable by the user, I don't know if /etc/mime.types is overridable. > Is it? It is, I checked. > Anyway, no chance for an admin to set proper defaults for her > environment. > > And yes, I know that some of my packages don't follow this path currently > either, tcsh comes to mind, but I'll change that in the next version. > > The package is ok with me but please consider an update. Can we upload this one, and wait for -2 for the fancy stuff? I can warn about the /etc files being overwritten in the announcement. I see and agree with your point, but I'd hate to wait another few "mutt weeks" to get this out, considering the length of a typical "mutt week" ;-). -- Gary R. Van Sickle