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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!204.191.160.4!van-bc!news.mindlink.net!news From: John Timmers <john_timmers@mindlink.bc.ca> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux UFS support and FreeBSD Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:03:42 -0800 Organization: Cycom Communication Lines: 41 Message-ID: <32BB538E.6F8AD609@mindlink.bc.ca> References: <59ac1t$hq1@news6.noc.netcom.net> <59f7q6$f7a@nesti.newengland.net> <59ergj$6p2@qnx.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: line017.abb.mindlink.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.27 i686) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.development.system:37504 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32900 Doug Santry wrote: > > In article <59f7q6$f7a@nesti.newengland.net>, > Paul Fox <pgf@american.com> wrote: > >Roger Espel Llima (espel@bireme.ens.fr) wrote: > >: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fs_nindir 2048 != 3 > >: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fucking Sun blows me > >: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fs last mounted on "/mnt/usr" > >: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: fs needs fsck > >: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_inode: file too big ino 2 dev 3/7, faking size > >: Dec 19 04:52:41 nostromo kernel: ufs_read_super: inopb 64 > > > >i have _no_ clue about the poster's problem, but i will > >say that there is _no_ place for obscenity in production > >quality software, whether in comments or in user visible output. it > > Hello, it is *free* software! > > >certainly doesn't reflect well on the programmer, nor on the linux > >community as a whole. > > You are going to judge the Linux community as a whole because of one message > you saw of about kernel output. Well, you're a reasonable guy aren't ya! > > >would someone please change the offending message? > > Somebody wrote it for free, hence they can make it say whatever they want. > Write your own if you don't like it. > > DJS Hear, hear... I agree with DJS on this one. Personally, I generally use a few choice curses myself when some piece-o'-software doesn't work, so I can understand quite clearly why the author of this utility used that sort of language in his code. Bravo!!! -- Regards mailto:john_timmers@mindlink.bc.ca Amateur Radio: VE7JBT