On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 13:25:24 -0400 I wrote >John, > >could you use "cp -p" in base-files-profile.sh? > >The postinstall exim.sh uses the non-existence of /etc/exim.conf >as the sign that it's a fresh installation. That test doesn't >work right if it happens to run after base-files-profile.sh, >because it creates /etc/exim.conf from /etc/defaults/etc > >Being able to compare dates would greatly help.
That was brain dead suggestion because the -p undoes the effect of the "touch" and reintroduces the ntsec problem with cp. Using the -p to timestamp the file has become unnecessary anyway since now base-files-profile only handles files in its manifest. I am afraid a new version is necessary. Sorry about that. Pierre