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On Friday 03 June 2011 15:52:25 David W Noon wrote: |
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> On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:00:02 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote about |
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> Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: |
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> >There is a simple rule in computing: |
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> >NEVER remove user created data |
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> That is utter rubbish. Obsolete data can be dangerous, so once it's |
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> genuinely obsolete it should be gone. |
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bullshit. The package manager has no way to know what user generated data is |
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obsolete. All it knows that the file it installed was manipulated. |
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> If that were true, why would it even be possible to delete data? |
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because the user decides to delete the data. Not the machine. Not a package |
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manager. |
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> >that also applies to config files. |
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> And obsolete configuration files are even more likely to be dangerous |
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> than general data. |
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really? Please show me an example of.. say an undeleted pure-ftpd |
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configuration has a bad influence on your system. |
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It is your job as administrator to clean up config files. Because only you, |
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the administrator know what files can be deleted, which files should be saved |
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(even just for documentation) and which files must not be touched. |
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The package manager can not decide that. |
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