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Of course I meant it should lie to the server.  What else could I possibly 
have meant that would make any sense?  It (MandrakeUpdate) should also be 
prudish and prurient (try to do both of those at the same time).

praedor

On Friday 27 June 2003 10:55 pm, Chris Grevstad wrote:
> > ...  It needs to have a wget-like mendaciousness.  If during updating
> > the internet connection goes down and is then re-established, like wget,
> > MandrakeUpdate should get back to downloading.
>
> I think you mean tenaciousness, not mendaciousness, which means something
> characterized by lying and falsehood.  Maybe you intended that
> MandrakeUpdate should lie to the server and say "Not me!  I didn't go
> down, so keep giving me the stuff." :-)
>
> --chris

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