On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 01:24:29PM -0500, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:21 PM, Bruce Hill > <da...@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 01:09:03PM -0500, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > >> > > >> > Hmmmn, it's a bit freaking weird - if I'm understanding correctly some > >> > of the statements made here about systemd - that there will be files > >> > installed to /etc/init.d/ that don't actually do anything. > >> > >> If you use systemd, all the files installed in /etc/init.d (except > >> functions.sh) don't actually do nothing. If you use OpenRC, all the > >> files installed in /urs/lib/systemd/system don't actually do nothing. > >> > >> Whichever you use (OpenRC or systemd), you will have files in both > >> locations (actually, a bunch of them), and therefore one of those > >> locations will have files that don't actually do nothing. > >> > >> Unless you use INSTALL_MASK, which is of course what this is all about. > >> > >> Regards. > >> -- > >> Canek Peláez Valdés > >> Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación > >> Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México > > > > In English "don't actually do nothing" means "do something"; i.e. "don't > > actually do anything" != "don't actually do nothing". > > I was using (on purpose) the exact same sentence that Stroller used. I > believe he's German; I'm Mexican.
Well, "don't actually do anything" is proper English; "don't actually do nothing" is not. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ supp...@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ 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? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting
