On Fri, August 28, 2009 9:14 am, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2009-08-28 16:07 +0200, David Young wrote: > >> On Fri, August 28, 2009 8:52 am, Sven Joachim wrote: >>> And please refrain from hijacking threads in the future. When you >>> have >>> a problem not already discussed here, write a new message instead >>> of >>> replying to an unrelated one. >> >> I appreciate your reply, but I don't believe I hijacked a thread. >> "Install gcc" is my original subject line that started the thread, >> yes? > > No, look at the "References" header in your message¹. When starting a > new thread, this header does not exist, because there are no messages > you are referring to. > > Hitting "Reply all" (or whatever you did) and changing subject does > *not* start a new thread.
I'm clearly too ill-informed to be here. Apologies for the intrusion. > Sven > > > ¹ http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/08/msg01985.html > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org