> Paul Rogers wrote: > >> Quite a trick. Current is 2.7.5. > > > > That's what I meant; I was getting another migraine. So rather > > than Yea or Nay, it's more productive to complain about what > > amounts to a typo? > > I forgot the emoji. :) Of course it was a typo.
I couldn't get Google to show me how you guys avoided the patch error. (patch-2.7.5 went in without any complaints.) And there were other glitches, e.g. util_linux, for which I found nice, long, informative threads. > > >> I really don't understand why you want to use older versions of > >> packages. Updates are made all the time to fix many of the > >> problems you run into. > > > > My system, my rules. Isn't that right? > > Right. But when you ask us to help with something that is not current > (which you seem to do fairly often) it is difficult for those of us > trying to provide support. I understand you are, expect you to be, dealing with the lastest stuff. And I know how fleeting memory may be--trust me, it gets worse with each decade. But 7.7 isn't THAT old, and one would expect some recollections and pointers. I expect you even have ways of searching the mailing lists that are not available to us on the index page. If there'd been threads on the lists, I'd expect Google to find them. There were exceptionally few pages about the glitch. I've been at this sort of stuff for a very long time. One of the rules I learned long ago is, in it's most specific form, "Never use version X.0 of ANYTHING." (X.0 is an obvious abbreviation for "the latest and greatest", except it so often is not great.) And that applies to both HW/SW. It's not all equally good, e.g. DOS-4.0 -6.0, so by trailing the "bleeding- edge" pack one benefits by the experiences of others, rather than meeting them head-on. > > I suppose it's easier to just not respond to these types of questions, Just remember, "A reputation is NOT optional." > but we do get others asking similar questions because they really > don't know what is current. And some of us have other reasons for not wanting the newest, shinyest toy on the block. Why is that "wrong"? (Don't get me wrong. I can understand they have attractions, I may even agree "That's pretty", but other things motivate me.) -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page Do not top post on this list. A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style
