Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:24:47 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> Cc: System Operator <sysop@fhs.midcoast.com.au>, desmo@bandwidth.org, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: URGENT - LPRng port error! Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10011092120230.2751-100000@choplifter.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001109181022.J11449@fw.wintelcom.net>
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On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * 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. It wasn't that it was THAT bad, but I didn't say it was horrible. I would love to be able to tell somebody to fix everything I don't like or that I feel needs improvement. But since I can't do the coding myself, I reallize that those that can are volunteering. And I appreciate what everybody does contribute. It was the "Please fix pronto!" That got me. No major deal. Tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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