>
>
> >> "Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Nathan> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
> Nathan> : Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of unix
> will
> Nathan> : be likely to try the man command on a new debian system, it may be a
> Nath
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:08:21PM +, Lee Elliott wrote:
> before having installed any flavour of Unix, I'm wondering if there is
> a Debian equivilent of 'smit' or 'sysadm' - no don't tell me - this is
> one I know I'll figure out eventually, but the point is, right _now_, I
> just don't know
Subject: Re: Flaming Debian Newbies
Date: Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 08:38:52AM -0500
In reply to:Nathan E Norman
Quoting Nathan E Norman([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
>
> : Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of
Hello E.L.,
On 27-Jul-99, LeeE wrote:
[snip...]
>
> Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of unix will
> be likely to try the man command on a new debian system, it may be a
> good idea to include a script called `man' in the base system that
> prints a message explaining th
>> "Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nathan> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
Nathan> : Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of unix will
Nathan> : be likely to try the man command on a new debian system, it may be a
Nathan> : good idea to i
On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote:
: Since many people who are slightly familiar with any form of unix will
: be likely to try the man command on a new debian system, it may be a
: good idea to include a script called `man' in the base system that
: prints a message explaining that
>
> Lee Elliott wrote:
[...]
> > Having said that, when I followed the instructions (from Debian.org) for
> > installing slink on my platform and finally got it to load, and logged
> > in, I found that I didn't have 'man'. It took more RTFM'ing and
> > figuring out the various things dselect was
Ed Cogburn wrote:
> The man package is far to large to fit on the base system. I had
> exactly the same problem when I installed Linux for the first
> time. 'man' was one of the few unix commands that I knew (thanks
> to a book I bought), but after installing it wasn't there. Ouch.
You'
Subject: Flaming Debian Newbies
Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:08:21PM +
In reply to:Lee Elliott
Quoting Lee Elliott([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> Hello,
>
> Having said that, when I followed the instructions (from Debian.org) for
> installing slink on my platform and
Rather sounds like a dessert...
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Lee Elliott wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> My personal opinion:- Flaming only wastes B/W and does nothing to help
> the next 'Newbie' who hasn't joined the list yet. Why be nasty? A
> single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list)
> will get the message across if you want to help
On Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 08:08:21PM +, Lee Elliott wrote:
> a single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list)
> will get the message across if you want to help - delete it if you
> don't..
IMHO, it's okay to post a reply like that to the list as there could
be other peopl
Hello,
My personal opinion:- Flaming only wastes B/W and does nothing to help
the next 'Newbie' who hasn't joined the list yet. Why be nasty? A
single line "man('xzy')" reply direct to the poster (not via the list)
will get the message across if you want to help - delete it if you
don't..
Havin
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