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Re: many packages FTBFS, if $TAPE is set



Hi Eduard,

Eduard Bloch wrote:

verify his/her own package. But in this case a central check would be cheap
and easy to implement. Almost zero effort compared to the damage done by
corrupting tapes.

Oh, come on. People who put $TAPE into the default environment may also
link /dev/null to /dev/hda (or /dev/sda) and complain to the coretutils
maintainer because ln isn't unable to think for them.


Its a weird analogy, but I can guess your meaning. $TAPE was set by default
for historical reasons. I just did not expect that rebuilding a package would
corrupt my tape, and when I noticed it was too late. I was pissed.


Sorry for that.


Regards

Harri



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