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|    Nicholas Boel to Andrew Leary    |
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|    12 Jan 17 13:54:54    |
      Hello Andrew,              On Thu Jan 12 2017 13:27:12, Andrew Leary wrote to Nicholas Boel:               NB>> I guess I was just wondering if it would be easier performing the        NB>> proper checks on the locations of the files it needs to modify,        NB>> rather than checking for the specific distro name and version        NB>> number. I just have no idea whether or not the actual distro name        NB>> and version number are used in MBSE itself, or if it is just a        NB>> set variable displayed to the sysop when running SETUP.sh, which        NB>> would then give reason as to why that check is performed.               AL> For the most part, the SETUP.sh handles finding what it needs itself.        AL> There are a few things that are checked that are distribution        AL> specific.              Okay. Thanks for the info!              Regards,       Nick              ... "Не знаю. Я здесь только работаю."       --- GoldED+/LNX 1.1.5-b20161221        * Origin: thePharcyde_ distribution system (Wisconsin) (1:154/10)    |
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