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Apparently, though unproven, at 11:31 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, Indi did |
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opine thusly: |
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> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 02:00:01AM +0200, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully crafted |
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> > work from time immemorial, without so much as a by-your-leave. Anyone |
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> > who wants to delete his own work is free to do so, but the rest of us |
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> > ought not to be required to suffer it. |
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> Doesn't matter to me, my longstanding rsync habit ensures there are |
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> always a couple of copies of my last known good configuration. |
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> Doesn't your carefully crafted work from time immemorial deserve |
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> rsync too? [cue rsync jingle] |
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> :) |
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That's like saying that just because I have panel-beating skills and lots of |
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scrap metal in the back yard that it's perfectly OK for marauding gangs of |
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thugs to have at my car in the parking lots with baseball bats. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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