begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation:
>
> Had you bothered to pull your head out of your ass and actually check
> the archives, you'd find that I'm not only aware of existence and uses
> of chattr, but I've also recommended its use more than once to those
> whose XF86Config-4 got hosed by xserver upgr
* Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation:
> > > >
> > > > *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF
> > > > HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS
> > > > NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand?
> > >
> >
begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation:
> > >
> > > *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF
> > > HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS
> > > NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand?
> >
> > man chattr
>
> Search list archives for my replies to "my XF
* Shawn McMahon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation:
> >
> > *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF
> > HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS
> > NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand?
>
> man chattr
Search li
begin Dimitri Maziuk quotation:
>
> *Boggle* Which part of "USER SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARK PARTS OF
> HIS SYSTEM AS ``MAINTAINERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO FUCK WITH THIS
> NO MATTER WHAT''" do you still not understand?
man chattr
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Shawn McMahon| McMahon's Laws of Linux support:
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:17:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
...
> It is already considered a serious bug for a package to overwrite a
> configuration file without asking when the sysadmin has changed it, so
> you can stop ranting about Debian a
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:17:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> > I disagree in the general case, but you probably knew that. I think it
> > is an excellent feature of Debian that software is generally configured
> > correctly for me. When things
On Tue Apr 23, 2002 at 11:25:18PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> Jeffrey, don't take it as a personal attack, but...
>
> Take a clean design: everything is a file, one tool does
> one thing only, every tool has a clear and concise manual
> page, etc.
>
> Let nice and well-meaning people embrace
Jeffrey, don't take it as a personal attack, but...
Take a clean design: everything is a file, one tool does
one thing only, every tool has a clear and concise manual
page, etc.
Let nice and well-meaning people embrace and extend it for
about 25 years, and you end up with
> Perhaps you need t
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 08:17:09PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> * Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:41:53PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> ...
> > > According to dpkg(8) those tools consider "unpacked" (but not
> > > configured) and "half-configured" as
* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:41:53PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
...
> > According to dpkg(8) those tools consider "unpacked" (but not
> > configured) and "half-configured" as "package states". That tells me
> > that package configuration is, indeed
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 04:41:53PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 April 2002 16:17 pm, Colin Watson wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 02:04:30PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> > > I strongly suggest that software installation and software
> > > configuration are two distinctly separa
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 16:17 pm, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 02:04:30PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> > On Tuesday 23 April 2002 12:05 pm, Joey Hess wrote:
> > > I strobgly sugest you file a bug; debian packages should not behave in
> > > this fashion at all.
> >
> > I strongly
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 02:04:30PM -0500, Dimitri Maziuk wrote:
> On Tuesday 23 April 2002 12:05 pm, Joey Hess wrote:
> > I strobgly sugest you file a bug; debian packages should not behave in
> > this fashion at all.
>
> I strongly suggest that software installation and software configuration
> a
On Tuesday 23 April 2002 12:05 pm, Joey Hess wrote:
> John Covici wrote:
> > I have found that whenever ntp-simple is upgraded my ntp.conf server
> > lines get erased -- I would like to tell debconf or whatever program
> > is trying to be so helpful not to mess with my ntp.conf -- this is
> > Linux
John Covici wrote:
> I have found that whenever ntp-simple is upgraded my ntp.conf server
> lines get erased -- I would like to tell debconf or whatever program
> is trying to be so helpful not to mess with my ntp.conf -- this is
> Linux after all not some other os, so anyone have an idea of how to
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