Re: Linux ease of use

Mario Michael da Costa wrote:

>+++ Eric G Ortego [28/10/03 08:05 -0600]:
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>>-rwxr-xr-x    1 redog    users      506312 Jun 28  2002 mutt
>>lrwxrwxrwx    1 redog    users          13 Nov  7  2002 pine -> 
>>/usr/bin/mutt
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>now that is cute :o)
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>just curious though why not have pine point to mutt that is in ~/bin?
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ah actualy that caused me some woes, I use the emerged copy of mutt on 
this computer. ~/bin/ was an rsync from my home computer an x86, this 
box is a ppc.

>also i usually prefer to install in ~/bin. that way i know i'm not scewing up
>things for other users and it really helps when i do a re-install or upgrade.
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Not to mention being able to backup without having to do a whole bunch 
of --excludes in tar, or have root access.

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>mario
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