tmpfiles footgun, apply directly to the forehead
tmpfiles footgun, apply directly to the forehead
Posted Jun 22, 2024 15:26 UTC (Sat) by flussence (guest, #85566)In reply to: tmpfiles footgun, apply directly to the forehead by bluca
Parent article: systemd 256 released
It's in $PATH. If it's not a user-facing tool it goes in /usr/libexec. Just admit you were wrong. You didn't even fix this, Lennart did.
If you worked in a real engineering profession, your attitude would get people killed.
Posted Jun 22, 2024 20:27 UTC (Sat)
by pizza (subscriber, #46)
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... So is 'rm', 'dd', 'fdisk', 'mkfs.*' and many other tools (including good old shell output redirection) that can be trivially used to completely trash your files.
> If you worked in a real engineering profession, your attitude would get people killed.
In a "real" profession you can (1) explicitly define who your users/target audience are, and (2) legally require them to undergo formal training before getting on your ride.
tmpfiles footgun, apply directly to the forehead