From: Victor Duchovni (Victor.DuchovniMorganStanley.com)
Date: Tue Oct 02 2007 - 10:31:50 CDT

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On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 01:27:26AM +1000, Voytek Eymont wrote:

>
> On Wed, October 3, 2007 1:15 am, Victor Duchovni wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 12:57:09AM +1000, Voytek Eymont wrote:
>
> >> is this my problem.. ?
> >
> > Yes. Don't use "emacs" to edit system configuration files, use "vi",
> > which never leaves the last line of a file without a trailing a newline, or
> > configure "root's" .emacs to always add the trailing blank. I last used
> > emacs in the 80's, so I don't remember the right elisp variable.
> >
>
> Viktor, thanks
>
> I normally use mc's editor (as it is my main utility (and I never learned
> vi))

As root, find an editor that can't (or is configured to always not)
create files where the last character is not a newline. Trying to
always remember to do that is a recipe for failure.

--
        Viktor.

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