On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 11:47:35AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Apparently, though unproven, at 11:31 on Wednesday 01 June 2011, Indi did > opine thusly: > > > On Wed, Jun 01, 2011 at 02:00:01AM +0200, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > Personally, I'd be livid if portage were to remove my carefully crafted > > > work from time immemorial, without so much as a by-your-leave. Anyone > > > who wants to delete his own work is free to do so, but the rest of us > > > ought not to be required to suffer it. > > > > Doesn't matter to me, my longstanding rsync habit ensures there are > > always a couple of copies of my last known good configuration. > > Doesn't your carefully crafted work from time immemorial deserve > > rsync too? [cue rsync jingle] > > > > :) > > That's like saying that just because I have panel-beating skills and lots of > scrap metal in the back yard that it's perfectly OK for marauding gangs of > thugs to have at my car in the parking lots with baseball bats. >
Comapring a simple rsync command with hard physical labor? Nah... -- caveat utilitor ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤ ♫ ❤
