From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Erik Mouw Subject: Re: Kernel build problem Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:45:57 +0200 Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <20040901184557.GG7005@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <2A9AA9C52024F94A96634E39B9858FF166B969@empwilex1.empirix.com> <200409011623.i81GNtSC011621@bach.leonora.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from users.linvision.com ([62.58.92.114]:45262 "HELO bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267408AbUIASp7 (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:45:59 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409011623.i81GNtSC011621@bach.leonora.org> List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: "Vladimir G. Ivanovic" Cc: "Dunn, Charles" , linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:23:55AM -0700, Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: > To be fair, it's not really a Red Hat issue, but rather Linus's belief > that debuggers lead to patching symptoms rather than fixing the > underlying problem. FYI, here is the complete quote: "The debugger is akin to giving the _rabbits_ a bazooka. The poor wolf doesn't get any sharper teeth. Yeah, it sure helps against wolves. They explode in pretty patterns of red drops flying _everywhere_. Cool. But it doesn't help against a rabbit gene pool that is slowly deteriorating because there is nothing to keep them from breeding, and no darwin to make sure that it's the fastest and strongest that breeds. You mentioned how NT has the nicest debugger out there. Contemplate it." - Linus Torvalds Feel free to start a discussion about this on linux-kernel, but be forewarned that it usually ends in a flamewar. Erik -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands