Re: [PLUG] unix cp function call (thanks)

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 02:20:07AM -0400, Fred K Ollinger wrote:
[installer running as root]
> I figured that this would be good if I need to change files in /etc, which
> I do.

But that's my point: *why* do you think you need to change files in
/etc?

If the answer is that you didn't develop the software you're writing
a GUI installer for, fine, but be aware that this is an artificial
limit coded into the software you're installing, and not something
you should, necessarily, perpetuate.

-- 
gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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