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On Monday 08 September 2003 15:42, Steven Elling wrote: |
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> I am an experienced Linux user but I always look at things from the point |
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> of a new user because I once was one and know that if things were done a |
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> little differently it would of kept me from screwing up. For instance, a |
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> new user might start using gentoo, make changes to make.conf and decide |
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> to update his/her system. Well, I could see the system updating portage |
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> and then telling the user to run etc-update. A new user running |
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> etc-update might not completely understand what is going on and fumble |
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> their way through it only to wipe out the changes to make.conf. And, |
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> what about the sleep deprived? It's possible for them to do the same. |
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Boom! Case in point: |
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Read the mail titled __[gentoo-user] "The Gentoo Way" see'ing linux with new |
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eyes!!__ from Joshua Banks <l0f33t@×××××.com> on the gentoo-user mailing |
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list dated 2003-09-07 22:09:25. |
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The e-mail is long but Joshua ran etc-update used -3 and auto merged |
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/etc/make.conf without realizing what he was doing. More than likely all |
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of his setting are gone. If one user has done it, you know plenty of |
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others have as well. |
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