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From: fsfacca@AVELON.LERC.NASA.GOV (Tony Facca)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: INST removes/replaces important files (flame).
Message-ID: <9102041437.AA20834@avelon.lerc.nasa.gov>
Date: 4 Feb 91 14:37:54 GMT
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>The init.ps file for the window manager startup and the inetd for the 
>communication are automatically modified (changed to the new version) 
>without notification. This should be removed in future releases, because there 
>is some work in these files. There should be a .O or similar extension. 

  I second!

  I understand why /usr/etc/inetd.conf must be replaced so that new features
  of the network software are properly handled by inetd (have you ever run
  an OLD inetd.conf with NEW software -- it's kinda strange.. :-)

  /usr/NeWS/lib/user.ps and /usr/NeWS/lib/startup.ps on the other hand are
  simply replaced.  No .O, nothing.  But then, there probably won't be a 
  user.ps or startup.ps in the next major release, right?

  
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