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From: Mike Edenfield <kutulu@××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files
Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:20:52
Message-Id: 4DE64A52.2060300@kutulu.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files by Alan McKinnon
1 On 6/1/2011 5:47 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > Apparently, though unproven, at 11:31 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, Indi did
3 > opine thusly:
4 >
5 >> On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 02:00:01AM +0200, Peter Humphrey wrote:
6 >>> Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully crafted
7 >>> work from time immemorial, without so much as a by-your-leave. Anyone
8 >>> who wants to delete his own work is free to do so, but the rest of us
9 >>> ought not to be required to suffer it.
10 >>
11 >> Doesn't matter to me, my longstanding rsync habit ensures there are
12 >> always a couple of copies of my last known good configuration.
13 >> Doesn't your carefully crafted work from time immemorial deserve
14 >> rsync too? [cue rsync jingle]
15 >>
16 >> :)
17 >
18 > That's like saying that just because I have panel-beating skills and lots of
19 > scrap metal in the back yard that it's perfectly OK for marauding gangs of
20 > thugs to have at my car in the parking lots with baseball bats.
21
22 Best analogy ever.