Matthew Swift ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 15 November 1995 00:25: >It would work on a fresh Slackware, but who has a fresh clean Unix of >any kind? I have tried hard, but I haven't even kept Debian clean; >when I used Slackware, it was much more sloppy still. > >For example, I've found it strongly desirable if not necessary to mess >with files in /usr/lib/emacs/site-lisp, /usr/lib/texmf, /usr/doc, >/boot, /dev, and of course /var and /etc.
Keeping a distribution intact is an illusion. I've just installed it and have already changed many things. A distribution is only good for a start, particularly the base part. The packages are more "upgradable" from the distribution. Carlos
