On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:52 AM, Mike McCarty <[email protected]> wrote: > stosss wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Mike McCarty >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> [email protected] wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> I've reached LFS Bk6.6 Ch6.9 "Glibc-2.11.1". >>>> >>>> I've followed the book pretty much to the letter. >>> Translation: >>> >>> I haven't followed the book; I'm not going to tell in >>> what way I deviated,... >> >> That was harsh! How do you know the OP deviated from the book based on > > He said so. I'm a native English speaker, and "pretty much" denotes > "not completely", with the added connotation "but the deviations > I deem to be minor". I am using "denote" and "connote" in a technical, > narrow sense. > Do you always make assumptions like this when you have incomplete information? Your interpretation of the OPs writing is sloppy at best because you still don't know if your interpretation is even right. > However, I did not intend to be caustic, as I mentioned in another > message. > >> what was written? You don't know for sure. Maybe the OP did, maybe > > It's true that I don't know for sure, since I didn't look over > his shoulder. However, if there are deviations, and his wording > strongly implies that there were deviations, then they should be > described, not just mentioned.
Again, you are making assumptions that still are unfounded. The wording does give one the opportunity to think the OP may have deviated, but there is no actual proof. The wording is vague. The OP has not yet replied back to clear up what was meant by the writing. You are also making the assumption that the OP is male. There is nothing in the email address that gives any kind of hint to gender. For any of us to assume that people taking on the LFS project are male and not female is rather arrogant. It would give any woman the green light to call any one that does that sexist. >> not. There was evidence of attempts to figure out the problem before >> asking the question. > > Yes, there is. Also, there is some evidence that his problems > may not be related to deviations from the procedure outlined > in the book. -- If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. - Thomas Jefferson -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
