Re: _COMPLETE_ instructions for debootstrap &/or multistrap
2015/01/09 6:40 "Cindy-Sue Causey" <butterflybytes@gmail.com>:
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> [...]
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> As an aside and yet really directly related, my complaints and
> observations a while back about the seeming uptick in people having
> trouble with incompatibility became more clear in the last few weeks.
> There's some what *FEELS LIKE* bad advice running around out there
> about how to bind and mount while working with chroot to complete the
> rest of a system install. Won't explain everyone's incompatibility
> issues, but it sure as heck explained mine.
Free advice is worth what you pay for it.
Bad advice is part of the price.
So is learning to weed the bad out,
> [...] If you're new to this, don't to do what I've been
> doing. Instead work that page top to bottom, and research what you
> need to in order to do it as they've outlined there. In hindsight, I
> can see the benefit of following every single step in order as it
> applies to or needs altered slightly to fit each, our own singular
> install instances.
> [...]
Inside-out is sometimes the only way in.
Which is another of the costs of free advice.
There are other costs, including such things as enduring stupid
questions, flame wars, and social engineering attempts.
(Not to Cindy-Sue as much as to the entire list.)
--
Joel Rees
Freedom costs in software, too.
How much and what are you willing to pay
for your freedom?
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