Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > s. keeling wrote: > > - Why did /usr/bin/grep disappear ? > > A better question might be, when did it disappear? Certianly before the > release of woody. If you can find the release of Debian that removed it,
A script I was running in Woody was using /usr/bin/grep. It's gone in Sarge. > > - There's always some "gotcha" involved in going from (eg.) Woody > > to Sarge. hotplug/udev, xfree86/xorg, ... Usually, these are > > outside Debian's control, however at times, they can appear > > capricious (a la /usr/bin/grep and /bin/grep). > > When was the last time you upgraded some other OS from the software of 2+ > years ago to the software of today without reinstalling? I wasn't dissing Debian, Joey. I'm proud to be a Debian user, and I'm very happy and thankful for all the DD's efforts (including yours) on my behalf. It's much appreciated. However, Debian has warts like everything else in life. I try to help eliminate them where and when I can. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. Spammers! http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling/emails.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
