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On Friday 24 Feb 2017 16:05:13 Ian Zimmerman wrote: |
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> On 2017-02-24 23:46, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > Well, I'm not here to fix every problem you encounter and judging by |
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> > the sheer amount of posting you make and the level of content, I have |
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> > to conclude that you are assuming we are. |
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> > What steps have YOU taken to try figure this out and actually help |
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> > yourself? Saying that you installed an rpm on a Gentoo machine and |
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> > stuff don't work, what's wrong? is not the expected level of |
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> > troubleshooting. |
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> > I think you should google for "How to ask smart questions" by Eric S. |
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> > Raymond |
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> Hi Alan, |
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> I would give Thelma a break; a couple of times she found the solution |
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> subsequent to posting. Thus, I believe the size of her output is more |
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> due to extra chattiness than to sloth :-) |
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> This happens to me too sometimes, and I think practice helped me to |
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> improve in this respect, so I think it will help others too. |
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Good point, often preparing to ask a question helps solve it, or at least |
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helps focus on what is most likely to be the problem. |
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Back on topic, I always held the view that one should not mix and match |
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package managers on the same system, as they may end up stepping on each |
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other's toes. So, I thought emerge and rpm don't go together. Is this not |
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the case? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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