Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd
On Sunday 10 December 2017 15:05:04 Brian wrote:
> On Sun 10 Dec 2017 at 13:12:09 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> > On Sun 10 Dec 2017 at 10:42:53 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > For something that can be such a pita, not installing the docs
> > > doesn't seem like my error, they should have been part of the
> > > install. IMO.
> >
> > That's ridiculous. I don't want all the docs on all the
> > installations. I only install docs on the machines that either I'm
> > going to read it on or one with a big disk.
>
> I believe you are expressing what is standard practice. If you want
> any documentation which is packaged separately from the package
> itself, you have to request it. "apt-cache show..." or "apt show..."
> are very useful.
I expect so, Brian, but one must pipe that output to less as it could be
a 100 meg long list. Not impossible, but inconvenient.
Thanks Brian.
Cheers, Gene Heskett
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