Stupid end-user tricks: darcs for /etc and /boot

[Alexander Skwar]

Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 08:33:09AM +0200, Alexander Skwar quoted the
> echo of a notion:
>> >>>That etc-update may indeed hose the system.
> 
> Gentlepersons,
> 
> Sorry to intrude, but is it perhaps the case that etc-update is (nearly)
> as dangerous as a misapplied rm -rf? 

As a misapplied "Root Read Mail, Really Fast" command, ie. as a
"sudo rm -rf /".

> Naughty rm!  ;-)

Yep.

Alexander Skwar
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