From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:26:19 -0600 Subject: [TUHS] Tools and building: libtool, autoconf, etc. [ trying to have a relevant subject line ] In-Reply-To: <025c01d32d9c$de1543c0$9a3fcb40$@ronnatalie.com> References: <024f01d32d98$9d134100$d739c300$@ronnatalie.com> <201709142100.v8EL05mL005253@elf.torek.net> <025c01d32d9c$de1543c0$9a3fcb40$@ronnatalie.com> Message-ID: <1c311c3e-6ba6-4f5c-267e-1529e1799045@tnetconsulting.net> On 09/14/2017 03:03 PM, Ron Natalie wrote: > Years ago, I was building an RSX-11M system and it had a rather intricate > setup script. At one point it announced: > > "This will take a while. Go have a cup of coffee." > > And I useually did. Then one day I was building a machine in another lab > and it said: > > "This will take a while. Go have a cup of tea." > > OK, I had to dig into the script to figure it out. Turns out the beverage > selection was dependent on the configured line frequency. The lab system > was built for European deployment (50HZ power). LOL I love the humor that I see in unix programs. I still love to parrot "tar is cowardly refusing to create an empty archive" to people. -- Grant. . . . unix || die -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 3717 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: