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On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 09:31:43PM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:16:45 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> > "If /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules is an empty file or a |
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> > symlink to /dev/null," |
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> > The first can obviously be taken quite literally, while the second just |
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> > might actually require a tiny bit of thought - ie, 'hmmm, wonder if |
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> > they mean literally 'empty', or just nothing in it that does anything? |
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> Even if that were reasonable, how are you supposed to know which they |
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> mean? You guessed right and now have the benefit of hindsight, that does |
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> not justify ambiguous or inaccurate instructions. |
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Ack! |
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Empty means a zero byte file ... always has, and if the idiots who have |
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started systemd and taken over udev have somehow managed to change that, then |
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we are not going to be able to trust ANYTHING they ever write again, without a |
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new dictionary to define their terms. (Sounds like the present POTUS, |
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Congress, and Supreme Court in the U.S.) |
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Personally I don't now, nor have ever, trusted Kay and Lennart. I depend upon |
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WilliamH to keep the ship afloat as we sail through the udev murk... |
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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. |
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Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? |
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A: Top-posting. |
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Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? |
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Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting |
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