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Date:      Thu, 9 Nov 2000 18:10:23 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu>
Cc:        System Operator <sysop@fhs.midcoast.com.au>, desmo@bandwidth.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: URGENT - LPRng port error!
Message-ID:  <20001109181022.J11449@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011092103370.2751-100000@choplifter.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>; from timcm@umich.edu on Thu, Nov 09, 2000 at 09:07:42PM -0500
References:  <20001110123609.A18806@ajax.fhs.domain> <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011092103370.2751-100000@choplifter.gpcc.itd.umich.edu>

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* Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> [001109 18:07] wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, System Operator wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I jsut installed the latest LPRng port. FreeBSD 3.5.
> > 
> > It has stomped all over my /etc/printcap, /etc/lpd.conf
> > and /etc/lpd.perms files!!!
> 
> No problem.  Just get a copy of those files from the regular backups
> you've been making.
> The port needs to modify those files.  I don't know but it may have backed
> them up for you also.
> 
> > Please fix pronto!
> > Eddie.
> 
> 	Eddie, if you want help from a group of volunteers, you might want
> to watch your tone.  We're just users of FreeBSD, we're not here to solve
> all your issues for you.  If you really need it fixed, noone is stopping
> you.  Submit some diffs for the code and all will be well again in
> wonderland.

Maybe I'm a bit jaded, but his request wasn't that harsh, he should
have taken the time to mail the port maintainer though.

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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