Current packaging instructions at http://cygwin.com/setup.html#package_contents indicate that --sysconfdir should be set to "/etc". Should this perhaps be changed to "/etc/defaults/etc", with the subsequent instruction that if your package actually has anything in sysconfdir, it should conditionally copy it to /etc if it doesn't already exist with a postinstall script[1]?
[1] Setup wishlist item: Somehow tag files like this and integrate "replace if not exist else ask user if he wants to replace" functionality into setup, eliminating the need for disparate shell scripts and their possible disparate bugs. -- Gary R. Van Sickle
