Re: Subversion (was: Re: Upgrading without central packaging)

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Somebody claiming to be Michael G Schwern wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 06:58:32AM +0200, Philip Newton wrote:
> > On 4/26/05, Dave Vandervies <dj3vande@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > > The system I'm sending this from has a /bin/true that comes close to
> > > fitting that description.  Not like the one on the other end of the SSH
> > > connection.  (Linus Torvalds's comment about version and copyright
> > > notices comes to mind.)
> > 
> > Which comment is that?
> 
> I'd imagine it refers to the GNU standard switch madness.

Yep.

As seen at google://linus+torvalds+"bin/true"+quote :
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Anybody who really thinks /bin/true should report a version number and
a help string (or even a copyright notice) needs to get his head examined.
  -- Linus Torvalds
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• Michael G Schwern 06:10 on 27 Apr 2005
  • Dave Vandervies 06:34 on 27 Apr 2005
  • Abigail 08:23 on 27 Apr 2005
    • Aaron J. Grier 04:56 on 29 Apr 2005
      • too deep to show
  • David Champion 18:45 on 27 Apr 2005

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