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On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 09:32:33 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: |
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> > it probably is worth taking the time to see if you can bend to the |
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> > tool rather than making the tool bend to you. |
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> At face value, this is antithetical to how computers should work. |
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> Computers should do our bidding, NOT the other way around. |
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> That being said, sometimes it's the case that if you're having to bend |
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> to tool too much, you might be trying to do something the tool is not |
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> meant to do, and as such you should re-think what you're trying to do. |
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In the case of GRUB2 that is unlikely to be the case, as it is meant to |
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do everything. That's why the auto-generated config files are so long |
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and full of conditionals. On a system you have full control over, you |
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can remove all the conditionals. |
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> After that brief sanity check, by all means, bend the tool to your |
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> liking. }:-) |
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GRUB2 is incredibly bendy, if only the documentation were as compliant to |
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the wishes of its users, |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Run with scissors. Remove mattress tags. Top post. Be a rebel. |
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