patch me tender...

Nov 23, 2004 09:20

here is a tip for folks installing required patches on any machine. these things have a tendency to procastinate. you go and try installing the patches and the system gets too enthusiastic. it nudges you to keep installing more and more patches under the ruse of dependencies. me thinks installing patches must be akin to slow music, champagne and tub of hot water and steam. and these solaries and aixes must be loners. you tickle them and they want more.

as an aside, keep jotting down how you started. viz: patch a -> (patch b, patch c), patch b -> (patches d, e, and f)...it gets a bit confusing after a patch gets installed to figure out what to do next.
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