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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
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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 

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