From: Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwards@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: gentoo-systemd-only deprecation
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:31:36 +0000 (UTC) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ktbl68$jf5$1@ger.gmane.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20130731182115.GI1010@server
On 2013-07-31, Bruce Hill <daddy@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 01:09:03PM -0500, Canek Pel?ez Vald?s wrote:
>>>
>>> Hmmmn, it's a bit freaking weird - if I'm understanding correctly
>>> some of the statements made here about systemd - that there will be
>>> files installed to /etc/init.d/ that don't actually do anything.
>>
>> If you use systemd, all the files installed in /etc/init.d (except
>> functions.sh) don't actually do nothing. If you use OpenRC, all the
>> files installed in /urs/lib/systemd/system don't actually do nothing.
>>
>> Whichever you use (OpenRC or systemd), you will have files in both
>> locations (actually, a bunch of them), and therefore one of those
>> locations will have files that don't actually do nothing.
>>
>> Unless you use INSTALL_MASK, which is of course what this is all about.
> In English "don't actually do nothing" means "do something"; i.e. "don't
> actually do anything" != "don't actually do nothing".
In standard, formal English, that's correct.
However, in some English dialects, a double-negatve does not equate to
a positive. A double negative is simply a stronger negative. For
example, "don't do nothing" is a stronger, more emphatic version of
"don't do anything". Languages like that have "negative concord".
Old and Middle English were that way, and some modern dialects of
English are that way.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-31 18:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-28 8:22 [gentoo-user] gentoo-systemd-only deprecation Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-29 3:30 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-07-29 11:04 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-07-30 7:04 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-07-31 18:28 ` Michael Palimaka
2013-07-30 7:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Pavel Volkov
2013-07-30 7:47 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-07-30 16:17 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-30 17:53 ` covici
2013-07-30 18:06 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-30 22:04 ` covici
2013-07-30 22:40 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 6:24 ` Daniel Campbell
2013-07-31 7:00 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-01 9:43 ` Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 16:15 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-02 5:18 ` covici
2013-07-31 11:34 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 12:30 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:41 ` Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 15:24 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-07-31 17:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-08-01 10:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 11:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-08-01 15:46 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-08-01 16:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 15:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 15:26 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 17:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 17:56 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 18:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:21 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:59 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:03 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 20:02 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:31 ` Grant Edwards [this message]
2013-07-31 20:05 ` [gentoo-user] " Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 19:39 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 22:28 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:36 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 18:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 18:22 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:35 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 20:07 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:54 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 21:22 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 21:43 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 22:25 ` Stroller
2013-08-01 6:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-08-01 0:09 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2013-07-31 18:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 15:45 ` Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 16:49 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 16:46 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-07-30 16:16 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-02 9:10 ` Poncho
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