Quoting Steve Litt ([email protected]): > My philosophy: One big hammer prevents a 100 step packaging system > raindance.
The Big Hammer always seems a great idea for a temporary solution. And I assume you know what the catch is with those. Every single time I've nailed down a sysadmin annoyance using the Big Hammer, it's come back to haunt me later -- and, moreover, it turned out that a further ten minutes of digging would have found a better solution that didn't cripple the system's administrative framework but would, instead, have worked with the framework. Setting /etc/resolv.conf immutable, the classic case that was the first I saw you fall in love with, is a case in point. There are multiple ways to ensure that a DHCP client respects and enforces your preference of recursive nameserver, averting the need for breaking system administration tools using the immutable bit. It has been ever thus. -- Cheers, HULK LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT "FEWER" MEAN YOU CAN COUNT IT, Rick Moen "LESS" MEAN MUST BE MEASURED. FEWER MISTAKES MEAN LESS SMASH! [email protected] -- @EditorHulk McQ! (4x80) _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
