Scott Ferguson wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > No, please, no. Think of the kittens. > > But I *am* thinking of kittens, and picturing fur lined slippers, hats, > the dog's "exotic" fur winter jacket, and, native wildlife... > Oh, wait - I see what you mean. You crack me up. :-) > If the default is No (Don't install snippet - don't modify my > sources.list[*1], send mail notification to system) then:- > # apt-get -y install X > will rob you of your favourite game (not to be confused with a tasty > Mexican sauce made with avocado). Right now the default is explicitly Yes since those Evil packages include files there unconditionally. > [*1] it's easier to scan /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ than to cat > /etc/apt/sources.list That is six of one and a half dozen of another. > > They would really be unhappy on Tuesday with an MS system and the > > large patches there. > > Instead they're *really* happy, and productive. Many have recently moved > to Squeeze from Lenny which gives them improved performance *without* > needing new hardware. Fat chance of doing that with MS[*2]. > As a bonus (because we make their DE purdy) they aren't all demanding > fondle-slabs. > > [*2] the nasty disease *with* a known cure. Yes. The cure for at least one of them is a move to Debian. :-) Bob
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