[bug] configs overwrote

[Igor Pechtchanski]

Just a quick reminder that postinstall scripts are not supposed to have
any interaction with the user at all, if only because their output goes
directly to the log file and would never be seen by the user.  Besides,
this would require special arrangements for the unattended setup mode when
we finally get one.
	Igor

On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Harold L Hunt II wrote:

> The postinstall scripts don't do that because I haven't got time to work
> on it.  I would gladly accept a patch from anyone that feels like
> contributing.
>
> Harold
>
> Krzysztof Dulba wrote:
>
> > I know I may be not precise enough, but I haven't used X-Window for few
> > months and I don't know what and how had actually happened. However, I see
> > the result: my xinitrc file was overwrote during some installation. It's a
> > bit of a pain so I have a remark: why don't post-install scripts make a
> > backup, or just ask Overwrite [y/n]?
> >
> > Regards
> > Krzysztof Duleba
> >
> >
>

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