On Saturday, 02 December 2006, at 22:54:08 (-0500),
Tony Nelson wrote:
> Are you interpreting "create a new database" as "do nothing if the
> database exists"? Some of us interpret it as "create a /new/
> database", which new database must needs replace the old database.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No, he's interpreting it as "create a new database if needed." You're
interpreting it as "create a new database regardless," assuming my
translation of your nonsensical last clause is accurate.
> That may help, though for the next couple of years people will still
> come to the lists and ask what happened to it, even if RPM's man
> page is changed to say that the database files are created lazily
> nowadays.
Yes, there will always be nitpickers who like to cause trouble where
none is needed. Fortunately, Jeff is used to it.
> >Of course that won't make any differnce at all, users will think I'm
> >depriving them of some feature.
>
> Heh. Well, you are.
Either you're kidding, or you're extremely dense. He is NOT depriving
users of a feature. He's removing an option that does nothing.
Michael
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