Re: updating of /etc/rc?.d

any links so long as you leave at least one. if you find a package > that does otherwise thats a bug. spectacular! thank you very much. -- Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Programmer, Powells Internet Division "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

updating of /etc/rc?.d

problem on my workstation, where I may only want mysqld up for a few hours while I check something, for example. Thanks, -- Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Programmer, Powells Internet Division "You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus." - Mark Twain

Re: Bug#81397: [authorization] fails silently for normal users, cannot start server

ssion, or perhaps some without the interspersement of flames, would be a fresh change. I have a hard time finding the logic in wasting your time complaing about how your time is being wasted. What does this solve? -- Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Programmer, Powells Internet Division &

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

THANK YOU. Finally, an answer that I can use. I will look into contributing towards this package. -- Erik Hollensbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Programmer, Powells Internet Division "I respect a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he is wrong." - Malcolm X On Thu, 4 Jan 2001

Re: bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

t of packages which were unavailable to install. IIRC, This was the way that older versions of apt worked, but I may be incorrect. I'm sorry to sound so arrogant when it comes to this, but I just can't believe there aren't mroe safeguards built into the package system that pre

bugs + rant + constructive criticism (long)

released, and I have never seen such an utter mess of incompatibilities and stupid human error even in the worst mess of unstable upgrades (which happens, and is understandable). Almost all of this is due to a significant lack of adequate testing by package maintainers. My apologies for anyone I off