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On Fri, Jul 10, 2015 at 7:14 PM, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
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> On Jul 10, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
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>> Why would anyone test something on their only copy of a critical file
>> when they could use a copy of said file?
>
> The issue comes up when one doesn’t understand the extent of possible damage. I once saw a change in a shared library cause a tool to delete a common database, shared among multiple users. The tool itself was only supposed to read the database but the documentation and implementation of a flag passed to a particular function were ambiguous. After several “huh?” moments followed by restores from backup tapes, we finally figured out what was happening.


Ok. I was wrong.


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