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Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:14:45 -0700
From: Brian Dessent <brian@dessent.net>
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Subject: Re: tetex problems: postinstall hangs, format not installed, root can run latex
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Dave Korn wrote:

>   Hmm, actually I'm not sure now:  do post-install scripts invoke a login
> shell?  Does /etc/profile get run for them?

Setup runs "sh -c postinstallscript" so that would mean that it's not a
login shell, if I understand right.

Brian

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