how much beer do I need to get this patch applied?

Javier Henderson javier at kjsl.com
Wed Jun 20 17:21:13 UTC 2007


On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:47:49 -0500, Dan Rue wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:50:23AM -0400, Javier Henderson wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:13:06 -0500, Dan Rue wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 08:47:48PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote:
>>>> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/88486
>>>> 
>>>> This patch was supplied 2 years ago now.  It doesn't change
>>>> current/ expected behavior but does allow those of us with many,
>>>> many systems  to not get useless e-mail.
>>>> 
>>>> It's not even my patch!  I would simply like to see this done...
>>> 
>>> I second that notion.  Isn't the *nix model to be quiet when
>>> everything is OK?
>> 
>> So if it's quiet, is it because it's OK, or because it's too broken to
>> complain?
> 
> If it's too broken to complain, then the behavior is the same with or
> without this patch.

I'm just referring to the assertion that the Unix model is to be quiet when everything is OK. Maybe it's a personal preference, I guess.

-jav


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