Re: apt/preferences
On 22 May 2002, Brian May wrote:
> Hmmm... Hate this "I can be cleverer then you" business. It makes it
> hard to debug what is going on. I prefer stupid programs that do exactly
> what you say, even if it is completely stupid. I put the top line to try
> and see if my preferences file was even getting read.
Yes, this is actually the unix way to function.
Do what the user says, even if it would completely obliterate the system(think
dd to /dev/hda).
I suggest you file a bug on apt. :)
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