1 May
2011
1 May
'11
12:29 p.m.
On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 01:02:13PM +0100, Lucian wrote:
What I advised wouldn't have "horribly" broken his setup; fixing it would've been as simple and fast as uninstalling php53 and reinstalling old php 5.1, 1 minute job.
Broken is broken; it doesn't matter that it is trivial to fix, it would have still wrecked his system and possibly disrupted business.
Additionally using --nodeps (or --force for that matter) should _always_ be a last resort option; and if you have to resort to using either of them perhaps taking a step back and engineering a different solution would be best.
John
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Although CREW has been unable to uncover the demographic makeup of [these
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are not pregnant women, infants and children, young adults up to 24 years
old, and healthcare workers.
-- Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington,
after more than a dozen companies were given the vaccines, including
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