On 2018-10-31, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over >> >> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. >> > >> > Just to (maybe?) help with the proper focus, was this a human error or >> > something that seemed to happen without human intervention? >> >> As I replied to Reco, "Cannot reproduce detailed PEBKAC ;< " > > Ok, then, it doesn't seem to indicate a disk problem (as some seemed to > suspect). >
Yeah, I didn't get that hard drive failure part either but thought it was a question of superior knowledge and cleverness on the part of Mr. R. The OP probably should have started by saying, "I don't know how, but I fucked up and overwrote a binary executable with a man page," and then we all could've had a good laugh. At least he's reading those man pages. I do note, however, he didn't say *info* page. But I don't have a firm grasp of the issues involved here (if there are any whatsoever), so I'll bow out (once again). -- When you have fever you are heavy and light, you are small and swollen, you climb endlessly a ladder which turns like a wheel. --Jean Rhys, Voyage in the Dark
