On 2018-07-18, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote: >>> I'm of the opinion we're all running different machines with >>> different sets of software, and this explains that (could be wrong, >>> though). >> I was just -so- sure we all had the exact same installs. > > All joking aside: I've been maintaining about 4-5 Debian machines, all > using Debian testing and basically all obtained by cloning and updating > between them, hence all deriving from my "root" install performed some > time around 2003 (onto a Thinkpad X30 which I still use, still using > that same Debian testing). > > While most "apt upgrade" are somewhat similar among those machines, I'm > surprised at how often I notice significant differences. >
It's the butterfly effect. -- At first I started back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification.--Mary Shelley, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus