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From: Eamon Caddigan <ecaddiga@××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: rm tragedies: was how to clean the "/tmp" dir
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 17:47:47
Message-Id: c9d6ns$bc9$1@sea.gmane.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rm tragedies: was how to clean the "/tmp" dir by Marius Mauch
1 Marius Mauch <genone@g.o> wrote:
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7 > On 05/30/04 Eamon Caddigan wrote:
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9 >> I do value the opinion of the folks here on -dev: I'd love to hear
10 >> feedback on my idea, but I'd rather not rehash old arguments with
11 >> which I mostly agree! I'm not advocating any changes to the default
12 >> behavior of 'rm'. Indeed, the solution I proposed -- while not perfect
13 >> -- does preserve full backward-compatability. Please read it, and let
14 >> me know what you think.
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16 > Better propose it to the coreutils developers, this should either be
17 > added upstream or left alone.
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19 Oh definitely. However, before bothering the corutils folks, I'd
20 probably write the patch for it first, and before I do /that/ I'd
21 appreciate the input of experienced Linux users and admins... such as
22 those found on Gentoo-dev.
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24 -Eamon
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