Bill Warner wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 10:33 -0700, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
>
>>That's a nice try Ed. You got me chuckling with that one. If only
>>'touch' would install missing binaries! (Sorry Ed, I just had to say it)
>>I can't think of any situation where it would be useful to touch a file
>>in a directory that contains the word 'bin'. Files there should be
>>(binary) executables.
>
>
> I have had the occasional package not wanting to uninstall because a
> file or two were missing. just touching the files the uninstall was
> complaining about usually fixed it right up. A trouble shooting technic
> may be to link the file to /bin/true or /bin/false to simulate the
> binary being there and either working or failing. Still most likely
> wont get you connected but it would at least let you know if it was
> something that was really needed.
I like the link trick Bill, thanks. Might come in handy some day.
None the less, I think that (normal) users should understand that these
are diagnostic techniques, not fixes. Their use will only propogate
instability in the long term. IOW, again for end users, "do not try this
at home". ;)
--
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
it is a collectivist myth.
There are only individual citizens
with individual wills
and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
"A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
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