> 
> On Tue, 29 Aug 2000, John Summerfield wrote:
> 
> >Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 07:47:20 +0800
> >From: John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> >Subject: Re: rpm and AMD K6 
> >
> >> 
> >> Edit /usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc... it is more or less self explanatory.
> >
> >That's error-prone; it gets replaced whenever I upgrade rpm, and I seem to be 
> >forced to do that altogether TOO often lately.
> 
> When I edit files like that, I then do a "chattr +i filename" and
> it solves that problem.  ;o)  Perhaps a bad thing to do, but if
> it breaks, I get to keep both pieces.  ;o)
> 
> 

Emacs automatically saves old files.  It can even put them under
version control if it sees a CVS or RCS directory.  This way you don't
lose the original file in case you save repeatedly.  And it makes a
nicer info reader. ;-)

-- 
                        Jean Francois Martinez

Project Independence: Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org



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