Re: Sensible Computing (TM) [was Re: 2.2.13 - modules - failed dependancies]

[Al Hudson <nospam [at] york.ac.uk>]

On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Bob Ham wrote:

> Heh.. I thought the aim would be to not lose any data.  I guess it's
> subjective, probably dependant on how much you value your system's
> configuration.  I know if my headless box with Slack 3.2 on it ever got
> "hosed" because I didn't check a makefile or did something stupid as
> root, there'd be some large amounts of screaming going on.

The point was, whether I'm root or alex, my data still gets hosed if I
screw up. I don't value system configuration, because that's 10 minutes of
my time. I value my data, but not being root isn't going to save me
trashing it in this situation.

Cheers,

Alex.


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