On Fri, 01 Oct 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> bay56 wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 8:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] I found a link to 4.7 for linux 2.0 (glibc) (upgradeat
> > your own risk)
> >
> > > > I wouldn't recommend it, it's just as broken as the 4.61. (everybody
> > > > remebers the segfault on link insertion right?)
> > > > --
> > > > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/
> > > > --Axalon
> > > --Axalon
> > >
> > > EXCUSE ME!! That statement really puts me off! 4.61 is what is in
> > > Mandrake's updates for 6.0!!?? It was recommended in this forum as an
> > > acceptable fix for the problems associated with 4.5. Now you say this
> > > new (4.7) version is just as bad as the fix we had for the Mandrake 6.0
> > > distribution (which I still am using). Well, what's that mean,
> > > EXACTLY!!?? If 4.7 is just as bad as 4.61 then upgrading to it
> > > shouldn't be any more of a problem than continuing to use 4.61, or
> > > should it??!! Sheeesh!!!!
> >
> > Would this be the same software that Mandrake hangs the entire readability
> > of the docs on? ;-)
> >
> > Remember that docs are more than anything else read by newbies (excuse the
> > obvious [they don't read docs] remarks about newbies for a moment!)
> >
> > Sheeesh!!! is about right!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Ian
> >
>
> Ian....take it easy. No, the default for the help files is a form of
> KFM not Netscape. Axalon, although habitually a bit terse is usually a
> big help to just about everyone. (-:
>
> Alan
--So perhaps all this would explain why the Mandrake update doesn't work
for Netscape!
David P. Greenberg
Bitco Electronics
"In Service to the Recording Industry"
*Confirmed Linux Newbie*
**Never use a big word when
substituting a diminutive one would
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