From owner-freebsd-newbies Fri May 14 17:30:52 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (phoenix.welearn.com.au [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 232AF14E6C for ; Fri, 14 May 1999 17:30:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA02115; Sat, 15 May 1999 10:30:29 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19990515103023.20653@welearn.com.au> Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 10:30:24 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: "G. Adam Stanislav" Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie tip References: <3.0.6.32.19990513101133.0095e3e0@mail.bfm.org> <19990513184609.A2831@whizkidtech.net> <373B9255.71FD0A10@seattleu.edu> <19990514184651.A16216@whizkidtech.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <19990514184651.A16216@whizkidtech.net>; from G. Adam Stanislav on Fri, May 14, 1999 at 06:46:51PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, May 14, 1999 at 06:46:51PM -0500, G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > > I don't want to turn it down. I want it available to myself, gone for others. > I have solved the problem by creating an alternative to `clear' named `cls' > (the 's' stands for safe). > > I have just submitted it to the ports collection. Wow! See, newbies aren't useless know-nothings! :-) I should at this point issue a general reminder that there are risks in using software whipped up by someone on a mailing list who you don't know well, and that being submitted as a port doesn't mean it's been checked and accepted. There have been people on this list in the past who sounded very clever but were not worthy of trust, but I've put my computer at the mercy of Adam's software many times without hesitation or mishap, and I'm about to do it again. Thanks! -- Regards, -*Sue*- (` ;) '` , <-- a moulting +0 budgerigar named Einstein .` To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message