Wow. A better answer would have been "Really sorry Theo and everyone, but I always come off as a dick..."
your opinion and screed don't change anything. attila <att...@stalphonsos.com> wrote: > Theo de Raadt <dera...@openbsd.org> wrote: > > >"Theo de Raadt" <dera...@openbsd.org> wrote: > > >> attila <att...@stalphonsos.com> wrote: > > >> > Hi tech@, > > >> > > > >> > I frequently want to move a file from one place to another and shred > > >> > the original via the rm(1) -P option. On several occasions I have > > >> > forgotten about wanting to shred the original file when using mv(1) > > >> > instead (out of habit) and ended up losing the ability to do so easily > > >> > because mv(1) unlinks the original in the cross-filesystem case. > > >> > > > >> > This patch adds a -P option to mv(1) that does the same thing rm -P > > >> > does in all the cases where it would normally just unlink the source > > >> > file. > > >> > > > >> > Maybe someone else has shared my "d'oh!" moment after typing mv? > > >> > Maybe this isn't worth it and should just be dealt with using a shell > > >> > alias, but to me this feels cleaner. > > >> > > > >> > Feedback most welcome as always. > > >> > > >> over my dead body. > > > > > >A better answer would've been: > > > > > > POSIX gives us no way to "shred" a file and our non-standard > > > extension to rm already irks us; we don't want to add yet another > > > to mv. > > > > > >That would've made sense, and also would've been polite. More > > >importantly it would've been better for someone to have found that in > > >the archives than what you said, which will surely leave people who > > >find it wondering why you behave this way. > > > > att...@stalphonsos.com whoever the hell you are, you don't get to tell > > me when i am being impolite. you are some random hiding behind an > > email address, while everyone knows exactly who I am and where I come > > from, with >20 years of opinion turned into validity under my belt (and > > some wrong, but that goes with the territory) > > I'm many things but anonymous isn't one of them: > > attila@xix:~ 121:$ grep attila /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/urng.c > * Copyright (C) 2015 Sean Levy <att...@stalphonsos.com> > > > On the other hand, random mostly-anon people who aren't brave enough > > to put their full credentials into their email address tend to have > > close to zero influence. Shocking isn't it? Know how to fix that? > > Nothing to fix. Those of us with Jewish last names who aren't > zionists frequently take the approach of not blasting our last names > across the net in every communication because we've learned that > zionists are aggressive and it doesn't make sense to make it easy for > them to target/abuse you. None the less, I've never made a secret of > who I am or that attila = Sean Levy, I just prefer not to use the > latter in casual communication. Anything of mine in your trees has > had my real name attached to it since it was imported. > > > So your opinion (AND JUDGEMENT ME OF) counts for far less, and you > > should (a) consider your idiotic position, (b) recognize you aren't > > someone who can land / not land the proposed change, and (c) realize > > randoms on the internet/unix don't succeed change the internet/unix - > > much to their anonymous nature, oh the dismay, oh my god. > > The substance of your screed comes down to: "Don't you know who I am?" > > > Over my dead body I said. > > > > I mean it. I will not permit the stupidity. Nor will I accept the > > stupidity of trying to call me out for calling out the stupid. > > So in your view you were "calling out the stupid" by answering a patch > with "over my dead body," and my objecting to your rudeness is also > stupidity. This is not an interpretation that too many people I've > met in real life would share, but I guess that isn't the case here. > > Good to know. > > You also sent me a private email which was ruder and more direct. In > it you ask me what gives me the right... to do what, I'm not sure, but > I guess you mean: what gives me the right to call out your rudeness? > > Every person born has that right, Theo. Everyone has the right to > reject rudeness directed at them. > > Pax, -A > -- > https://haqistan.net/~attila | attila@{stalphonsos.com,haqistan.net} > pgp: 0x62A729CF | C2CE 2487 03AC 4C2F 101D 09C1 4068 D5D5 62A7 29CF
