Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:22:20 -0800 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, perryh@pluto.rain.com, "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: [patch] rm can have undesired side-effects Message-ID: <4546973C.1060900@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <17734.27601.79021.873705@bhuda.mired.org> References: <20061029222847.GA68272@marvin.astase.com> <20061030003628.42bc5f8d@loki.starkstrom.lan> <45455f6a.yNcc0kkyEKpoRv3m%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20061030083849.GB871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20061030103151.GD871@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <20061030202030.GB1043@zaphod.nitro.dk> <45466902.5090603@FreeBSD.org> <17734.27601.79021.873705@bhuda.mired.org>
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Mike Meyer wrote:
> In <45466902.5090603@FreeBSD.org>, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> typed:
>> Simon L. Nielsen wrote:
>>> Personally I think rm should do what you ask it to do - if you ask it
>>> to overwrite a file which has multiple links, well... though luck.
>> It's all well and good to say, "tough luck," but I don't think that's
>> what our users expect.
>
> I'm a user. It's what I expect.
I would argue that the average reader of the -hackers list is pretty
far on one end or the other of the "FreeBSD Users" bell-shaped curve.
> If I wanted an OS that protected me
> from myself, I wouldn't be running Unix. Please give me the rope I
> need to get the job done. If that happens to be enough that I can hang
> myself, and I sometimes do - well, I got what I asked for. When I want
> to be coddled, I'll run a different OS.
I'm not suggesting taking the rope away from you, I'm suggesting
putting it on another shelf (so to speak).
Doug
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