Eric wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Gerry Creager wrote:
>
> > Eric wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 26 Jan 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > >
> > > > Go ahead. Make a "slackhat". This is Linux you are encouraged to do so if
> > > > you think its the right thing to do.
> > >
> > > This is what I like about your posts, Alan. Of course I shouldn't be
> > > sitting around wishing for stuff, I ought to be mashing together
> > > two different distributions and see if I can graft SysV onto Slackware
> > > and BSDish onto RedHat. Bwahaha... then everyone can hate me!
> >
> > Why not, Eric? That's what most of us do. If it's not available in the
> > distribution I'm using, I find it, implement it, and make a note for my
> > next build.
> >
> > That I'm curently using RH 5.2 for configuration control
> > notwithstanding, I still prefer, in general terms, Slackware. The RPM
> > functionality just happened to appeal to me, since, in general terms, I
> > use Linux as a requirement to get things accomplished rather than to
> > play with kernels.
> >
> > It's not worth getting snippy over.
>
> I wasn't getting snippy, sorry if it sounded like that. I was trying to
> comment on the fact that Alan's posts are concise and informative and in
> this case made me realize that sitting around wishing for something is of
> no use whatsoever. I should get off my butt and see if I can make it work,
> find out if it really is useful.
...
> The "Bwahaha" comment was meant as a joke of sorts. It just struck me as
> funny because people like the different init styles of Slackware and
> RedHat for various and well justified reasons, so on the surface you'd
> think no one would want to graft one onto the other. However, I have a
> RedHat box in production right now that I wouldn't dream of putting
> Slackware on because it has just the right set of features, printtool for
> example. Aliasing a bunch of IP addresses is a heck of a lot easier in
> rc.inet1 though.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
To which Gerry replied, sheepishly, "Sorry!"
TTFN, gerry
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