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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2014 17:52:17 +0200
From: Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] app-admin/mcelog daily cronjob?
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On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 16:39:22 +0100
Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:

>=20
> On Wed, 16 April 2014, at 3:44 pm, Tom Wijsman <TomWij@gentoo.org>
> wrote:
>=20
> > On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:39:16 +0100
> > Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote:
> >=20
> >> What is mcelog, and why do I need it, please?
> >=20
> > Machine check exception logger; iotw, it logs hardware errors.
>=20
> Ok, ignoring everything else that I wrote in my previous message,
> that this package appears to be generating daily errors=E2=80=A6=20
>=20
> your contention is that I don't need it, because my other machine is
> running fine without it?

There is no such indication in that reply. That is up to you to decide.

--=20
With kind regards,

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Gentoo Developer

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