Am 24.01.2014 21:13, schrieb drago01: > On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Am 24.01.2014 19:31, schrieb Reindl Harald: >>> >>> Am 24.01.2014 19:18, schrieb drago01: >>>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Fabian Deutsch <fabian.deutsch@xxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> Am Freitag, den 24.01.2014, 00:55 +0100 schrieb Kevin Kofler: >>>>>> it is time to analyze the fallout from the following catastrophic >>>>>> Fedora 20 >>>>>> regression: >>>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054350 >>>>>> "rpm scriptlets are exiting with status 127" >>>>> >>>>> Hey, >>>>> >>>>> can't we add a default boot entry which starts the system in permissive >>>>> mode? >>>> >>>> How would that help? If a user knows enough about the issue to try it >>>> he/she could just switch to permissive mode >>> >>> in *that* case >>> >>> in a case where a broken selinux update leads in not boot at all >>> i can not imagine what i would to besides boot with a CD/DVD/USB >> >> to be clear - *i can* edit the boot-params and put selinux=0 there >> >> the average user can't but he may remember "uhm something with selinux >> was one of the last updates" > > You are assuming that the "averange user" even knows what selinux is > or reviews the list of packages for every update. > I doubt either of them is true. as i said often: linux systems tend also to get way too closed many things are hidden in the assumption "the user do not want to be disturbed with this and that information and install as well as boot needs to be pretty and shiny" * rhgb * quiet * hidden grub-menu hence, while you install Fedora there should be a (default enabled) checkbox asking if you want to enable SELinux with a short description what it is >> and try the however named option, keep >> in mind some people own only one machine and can't google for help > > I doubt that. Most people do have multiple ways to access the internet > (multiple computers, tablets, phones, game consoles ...) it is 2014 > not 1996 technically yes practically how much fun does somebody have to google on a smart-phone for a solution while he is frustrated and angry - and even if - do not assume that all users are living in your social structure, that is not really true for me it is no problem, on the other hand there is a guy on the CentOS list with the thread "died again" seeking for a hardware problem and stating he has no money to chnage his 10 or so years old computer while you and i would have thrown out that crap by the next window weeks ago
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