Re: how to make Debian less fragile (long and philosophical)
On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 06:51:37AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> FUD
>
> If what you say were true, you would be arguing that NO programs should be
> dynamicly linked. That would be stupid.
>
> Dynamic linking only breaks when there is something wrong. Building a
> distribution is a coordinated integration task, and when all of the
> pieces-parts aren't compatible for one reason or another problems like the
> recent bash failure show up...and then we fix it.
On the other hand, Debian's documentation on what to do when the
system goes south is rather limited.
[We do have a "boot with the rescue disk" comment somewhere, but
there's no signficant cookbook of advice for dealing with common
situations, and we have no useful recommendations for headless
machines.]
Maybe in my fabulous free time...
--
Raul
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