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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 02 Apr 1997 10:09:50 +0200
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Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:

> I think we should take the unequivocal position that "file
> perms/ownership are the installer's hairball".

Why?  Most of the free software gets it right.  I see no serious
reason why XEmacs should be an exception.

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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