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Better test before committing...
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gutmensch:
I feel I had to share this although it's already worldwide in the feeds... it really made my day ;)
https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee/commit/a047be
Arslan S.:
lol :)
beerstein:
I do not understand this post - Is this a virus?
please explain a bit
thank you
Rich:
Hi beerstein
No, not a virus, a syntax error in a script. The line in the script reads
--- Quote ---rm -rf /usr /lib/nvidia-current/xorg/xorg
--- End quote ---
There is a space between /usr and /lib/nvi... which does not belong there. As a result, you get
rm -rf // Translation, remove recursively and do not prompt for confirmation.
/usr // That's your usr directory, don't want to remove that, do you?
/lib/nvidia-current/xorg/xorg // This probably won't exist and be ignored
So what should have been a simple and straight forward operation turned into a disaster because
someone added an extra space into a command and then proceeded to compound the error
by not testing the script. And if I read correctly, the faulty script was present in two releases of
the package.
Moral: No matter how simple or routine you think that line of code you just wrote is, test, test, test.
robc:
And since they were probably not using TC they would have to reinstall or try to recover by rebuilding the /usr directory tree instead of just rebooting :P
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