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On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:44:40 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> > If you don't understand exactly what the -5 option in etc-update will |
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> > do, don't use it. If you do understand, you probably won't use it |
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> > anyway. |
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> Uhm, I've got to disagree. I use -5 quite often. I have a look at |
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> the list of files and if I *KNOW* that I did not touch those files, |
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> I'm very happy "-5'ing" etc-update, so to say. |
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> So, yes, if you do understand, you probably will use it. |
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Not in the way that causes the problems, of -5ing everything. When i used |
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etc-update, I wuld go through the list, accepting some changes and |
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rejecting others, then -5 the remainder, which were often example configs. |
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That's not the same as -5ing everything, which is what I was referring to |
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and the easy way to toast /etc/fstab. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I |
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can picture us attacking that world, because they'd never expect it." |
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