On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set. > > Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over > written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown > reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable.
I want to predict immediately that this can of worms will produce the longest thread in the history of debian user. > A custom MATE launcher pointed the corrupted file. > When the launcher icon was clicked there was no response whatsoever. > Including *NO ERROR MESSAGE* > Is this a bug or a feature? > If a feature, why? > > > -- When you have fever you are heavy and light, you are small and swollen, you climb endlessly a ladder which turns like a wheel. --Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
