On 8/2/10, Ken Moffat wrote:
before uninstalling in case I change my mind.
>
> Cool. You've obviously been bitten in the past. Based on my script
> that runs through my audio, video, and photo files every week to
> check if md5s exist, and generate them where they don't, I imagine
> this will
On 2 August 2010 15:56, linux fan wrote:
> I use a find-before and a find-after and then process the diff with
> awk which enables me to detect whether a file was new or modified. It
> only serves as a reality check before I start deleting (uninstall). By
> the way, I put the md5sum in the list wh
DJ Lucas wrote:
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> Berkeley DB could be done easily enough I think.
Flat text files allow processing via command line tools such as grep,
sed, awk, perl, bash, etcetera. Does a DB require an esoteric API that
can get in someone's way?
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> if everything were properly accounted for,
> prior to ins
On 07/31/2010 08:08 PM, Kevin Buckley wrote:
> On 1 August 2010 09:12, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
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>> BTW, I once (IIRC around 2004) made a suggestion to scan the filesystem
>> after each package and store information about each package's files in a
>> DB. That kinda begs the question about how you get
On 1 August 2010 09:12, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> BTW, I once (IIRC around 2004) made a suggestion to scan the filesystem
> after each package and store information about each package's files in a
> DB. That kinda begs the question about how you get a db installed for
> use. We really don't want to
On 1 August 2010 00:02, Jeremy Huntwork
wrote:
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> I'm glad you like it, and that you got in there and dug around. I wish
> more people had done so. Of the ones that had passwords sent to them,
> only 4 or so actually logged in.
>
My inital feelings about the mail purporting to come from an
unlik
On 7/31/10 4:44 PM, DJ Lucas wrote:
> Unfortunately, most times anyway, a proof of concept must come first
> before anybody will listen. Take for instance Jeremy's
> community.lfs.org site for which this thread started. Most of us agree
> that the website is looking a little tired, but it took th
DJ Lucas wrote:
> Finally, we provide a fail safe if somebody makes a mistake during the
> process. I speak from experience, starting over sucks! I know, and I'm
> pretty sure that everyone can remember the dreaded "It would be easier
> to start over" response from years ago in LFS-Support. I h
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On 07/27/2010 11:19 PM, Yaacov-Yoseph Weiss wrote:
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> Not at all. I was suggesting tasks which the book could use in the
> future. The only thing I requested at the moment is was to gage
> interest in such direction.
I think that depends on the day
