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Re: install udpxy.1.0.23



On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 11:14:24AM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> But maybe one should change the first statement in the package
> description:
>   https://packages.debian.org/sid/build-essential
> 
>   "If you do not plan to build Debian packages, you don't
>    need this package."

If you want to do any compiling then you'll need this package.

> (It is so odd to have to assume GNU/Linux without C compiler
>  stuff. That's like having no shell. Semi-androidly.)

I think the reasoning is that installing it on servers is like having
a sophisticated locksmithing workshop in an unlocked garage outside your
locked home.

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"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people
who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the 
oppressing." --- Malcolm X


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