Re: Starting systemd user services on boot on a Debian server [SOLVED]
On Sat 17 Oct 2015 at 19:40:50 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Saturday 17 October 2015 12:29:48 Michael Biebl wrote:
> > Am 17.10.2015 um 10:20 schrieb Fredrik Jonson:
> > > In <qkuIV-81Y-1@gated-at.bofh.it> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > >> On Saturday 17 October 2015 06:24:10 Fredrik Jonson wrote:
> > >>> Michael Biebl wrote:
> > >>>> Am 16.10.2015 um 19:05 schrieb Fredrik Jonson:
> > >>>>> If in doubt, do install this package.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Did you maybe misread that as
> > >>>> "If in doubt, do *not* install this package".
> > >>>
> > >>> Yes I did. I don't know how many times I've read that sentence, and
> > >>> clearly saw a _not_ in there. Interesting.
> > >>
> > >> The structure foreshadows a "not".
> > >
> > > Maybe the presence of the entire sentence indicates that the package
> > > really should be installed by default on systems where systemd is
> > > installed?
> >
> > I'm not a native speaker, so I'm happy to rephrase the message to make
> > it more obvious. Suggestions?
>
> "If in doubt, install this package."
>
> That "do" makes one expect the "not" that isn't there, and even assume that it
> is meant to be there, if one has noticed that it isn't.
As my spouse says:
"When you go to the Co-op, please do get butter."
Her expectations are not necessarily met by the eventual outcome. :)
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