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Date:      Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:08:13 +0100
From:      Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
To:        Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>
Cc:        Andy Farkas <andyf@speednet.com.au>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: installing hack(6) overwrites /var/games/hackdir/record file!
Message-ID:  <19990811130812.A2117@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <19990811095448.B468@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>; from Dominic Mitchell on Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 09:54:48AM %2B0100
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908110348550.55901-100000@localhost> <19990811095448.B468@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>

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On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 09:54:48AM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 1999 at 04:24:55AM +1000, Andy Farkas wrote:
> > Perhaps this should be a PR...
> > 
> > Seeing as how we are recently being amused by fortune(6) quotes, I thought
> > I'd mention an acronymn that hasn't been used recently:  POLA
> > 
> > Can anyone explain why every time I upgrade world, my hard earned 'record'
> > file whilst playing hack(6) gets overwritten by /dev/null, and also all
> > the user 'bones' and 'save' files rm'd?
> 
> Blimey!  I wondered where all my rogue(6) scores were going.  This is an
> excellent idea.  I'll submit a PR, with your diffs and some for rogue.

OK, if you'd like to have a look at PR bin/13068, and maybe somebody
could commit if it's agreed to be a good thing.
-- 
Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator

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