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On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:00:02 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote about |
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Re: [gentoo-user] Cleaning redundant configuration files: |
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>There is a simple rule in computing: |
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>NEVER remove user created data |
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That is utter rubbish. Obsolete data can be dangerous, so once it's |
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genuinely obsolete it should be gone. |
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If that were true, why would it even be possible to delete data? |
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>that also applies to config files. |
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And obsolete configuration files are even more likely to be dangerous |
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than general data. |
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Regards, |
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Dave [RLU #314465] |
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dwnoon@××××××××.com (David W Noon) |
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