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diff --git a/patches/source/dcron/doinst.sh b/patches/source/dcron/doinst.sh
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+config() {
+  for infile in $1; do
+    NEW="$infile"
+    OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+    # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
+    if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
+      mv $NEW $OLD
+    elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then
+      # toss the redundant copy
+      rm $NEW
+    fi
+    # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+  done
+}
+
+preserve_perms() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  if [ -e $OLD ]; then
+    cp -a $OLD ${NEW}.incoming
+    cat $NEW > ${NEW}.incoming
+    mv ${NEW}.incoming $NEW
+  fi
+  config $NEW
+}
+
+preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.crond.new
+config etc/default/crond.new
+config var/spool/cron/crontabs/root.new
+rm -f var/spool/cron/crontabs/root.new