On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 16:02, James Gregory wrote: > > G'day James, I followed your example to see what was counter-intuitive > > but as "apt-cache search freetype" doesn't show the version number I ran > > a different command (there is no "freetype" package in the current > > Debian system), shown below, the output of which seemed quite clear to > > me, so I genuinely would like to know what was counter-intuitive.
*** snipped lots of counter-intuitive stuff ***
> But I concede that it's probably a cultual thing. I'm sure that the naming
> scheme is perfectly sensible if you happen to like the debian way of doing
> things.
>
> So sorry, I should have qualified that with *I* find it counter-intuitive.
I doubt that you're alone in that. Without an understanding of *why*
it's done that way it's not remotely intuitive.
--
Cheers,
Craige.
GPG Key fingerprint = C206 904F 5231 2F2E 8DAA F094 5879 71B5 0960 CF37
http://arseclown.tv/
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
