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Re: updating remote 2.5 to current



Life is tough.

We specifically said, time after time, that upgrading from 2.5 to 2.6
was very difficult to do.

You didn't listen.  You even phoned me to personally complain about
it.

Are you deaf?  Perhaps you're not.  But I am.  This will be the last
post I read from you.......

> Having carefully updated a separate copy of etc26 by hand, I turned to 
> base26.  I found a copy of some etc directories, all empty.  Why?
> 
> While the empty directories should be harmless, they are also confusing. 
> There is one called disklabels that is not in etc26, and also one called 
> isakmpd that is not in etc26.  But shouldn't they be?  Or are they unused 
> ghosts of Christmas past?
> 
> Note that etc26 has photuris and ssl, but base26 does not.  That appears 
> to be a better practice.
> 
> The others are kerberosIV, mtree, ppp, sliphome, and uucp; all existing 
> in etc26, empty here, and not empty there.
> 
> Finally, this is where the missing termcap is located.  It's just a link.
> I understand why it would be here, as it points to /usr/share/misc/termcap,
> which is also in base26.
> 
> WSimpson@UMich.edu
>     Key fingerprint =  17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26  DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32
>