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On Tue 23 August 2011 22:16:30 Sebastian Beßler did opine thusly: |
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> Am 23.08.2011 21:43, schrieb Alan McKinnon: |
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> > Sadly, HAL is not yet dead. It lives still. |
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> > It lives on the production database server I just happen to be |
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> > rebooting as I type this (another story for another time) and |
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> > will continue to live here for a very very long time indeed. |
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> WHY is HAL installed on a database server? |
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> I still see desktop systems with HAL, last on an newish kubuntu of a |
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> friend, but on a server? For what is HAL needed there? |
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I wish I knew why. The fellow that did the install might know. I'm |
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betting it's because he clicked yes, yes, yes, yes, ok on the RHEL |
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install CD dialogs. |
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I can't fix it without running afoul of the Change Management process, |
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and today's emergency reboot didn't leave me any time to poke around |
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and determine the effect of removing hal. |
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This is how life in corporate IT works.... |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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