Re: gettext binaries for Cygwin

[Bruno Haible]

Brian Inglis wrote:
> > I don't exactly understand what you mean? Will you request a change to the
> > base-files package? Even if so, such a change has no effect on the .profile
> > and .bashrc of users that have already a Cygwin installation, right? It has
> > only an effect on users when they _create_ a new home directory in Cygwin, 
> > right?
> 
> Hi Bruno,
> 
> Not at all - updates work similar to Linux skeletons and configs - preremove 
> script checks if files in the manifest are still identical to the default 
> skeleton and removes the installed copy, and the postinstall script installs 
> the 
> new default skeleton if no user customized script exists

OK, then I'm waiting for the new base-files package version that sets the
environment variables as expected.

Bruno