John Foster writes: [snip] > I'm not intending this to be a flame, but I think that we can all > lighten up a bit when it comes to replying to posts on this list. If > you read my post you'll see that I had read the docs - and they were > wrong. As were the scripts. Perhaps you are running a different > version of perl/majordomo/smail/Debian than I was.
Entirely possible, BTW, I understand what you are going through. I have the same level of fustration when tackling a "new to me" package. The majordomo package (1.2) puts all the scripts and "non-specific" files in the right places. I only had to create/modify the "site-specific" information. > I wonder whether there is a co-ordinated effort to keep the > documentaion 'together' in the Debain Project? There are standards of > course, but how many times have you seen "This documentation was > incomplete when it was written, and is now completely out of date"? Due to the diverse nature of LINUX in general, I don't think that the DOC's will ever be 100% "complete and 'up to date'". And to add to the confusion, most users don't install 100% of all available packages. As an example, I have no need for TEX... therefore, there could be errors in the documentation that the experienced TEX user would know about, but an novice would get bit on. I would never find such an error since I don't use TEX. I don't read the messages on TEX since I don't use it. So, I would not be 'up to date' on issues of TEX and could be easily bit by it if I decided to install TEX. -- -= Sent by Debian 1.2 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK - member of ARRL [EMAIL PROTECTED] --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. ....- -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
