[desktop-discuss] Vermillion b57 - careful!

[Alan Coopersmith]

Dennis Clarke wrote:
> I'm suddenly reminded of why I like to put /usr/xpg4/bin first in my PATH
> because everything has been tested.  Correctly.  Open source can be
> a mine field with bugs and sometimes a swarm of killer bees.

XPG4 just tests for standard compliance - it's no protection against bugs,
and programs in /usr/xpg4/bin are just as likely to have bugs as any other
(i.e. odds are near 100% that every program big enough to be useful has
  some bug).

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