On Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:16:45 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > "If /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-name-slot.rules is an empty file or a > symlink to /dev/null," > > The first can obviously be taken quite literally, while the second just > might actually require a tiny bit of thought - ie, 'hmmm, wonder if > they mean literally 'empty', or just nothing in it that does anything?
Even if that were reasonable, how are you supposed to know which they mean? You guessed right and now have the benefit of hindsight, that does not justify ambiguous or inaccurate instructions. -- Neil Bothwick "Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth." (Albert Einstein)
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