> >How about not overwriting already existing files? > > > >Index: install.sub > >=================================================================== > >RCS file: /var/cvs/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sub,v > >retrieving revision 1.1011 > >diff -u -p -r1.1011 install.sub > >--- install.sub 28 May 2017 09:24:56 -0000 1.1011 > >+++ install.sub 30 May 2017 00:18:16 -0000 > >@@ -2919,7 +2919,7 @@ do_install(){ > > > > _home=/mnt$_home > > mkdir -p $_home > >- (cd /mnt/etc/skel; cp -pR . $_home) > >+ (cd /mnt/etc/skel; pax -rw -k -pe . $_home) > > If that's what it does, I'm all for it.
It is: -rw is copy mode, -k keeps existing files, -pe preserves owners, permissions, times, etc like cp -p. I committed the diff, so it should be fixed in the next snapshot.