flagged to be skipped ?

[Frank Turscak]

Arturo Duran wrote:

>Hello, Christopher,
>
>I am afraid your second answer is equally useless, and
>I am convinced you should know why.
>
>A dictionary provides meanings for words, and LIMITED
>information ONLY about usage, which is a totally
>different term altogether.
>
>Usage, in turn, implies meaning PLUS context.
>
>This implies that someone with limited knowledge of IT
>(my case) would understand the word "SKIP", but would
>certainly not understand "IN WHAT SENSE?".
>
>My initial question, reworded so that it is
>unambiguously understood, would be:
>
>I UNDERSTAND WHAT "SKIP" MEANS, BUT what does it mean
>when applied to a kernel upgrade using up2date?.
>
>I am afraid your CONTEXTUAL reading skills may lack
>some flexibility.
>
>BTW, I am a professional interpreter and translator of
>English/Spanish since 1983.
>
>Please do not reply again quoting the message provided
>by the system: it is most definitely NOT
>self-explanatory, otherwise your answer means that I
>would have posted my initial question with the
>intention of wasting everybody's time, including my
>own.
>
>Arturo Duran
>BSc Hons(Astrophysics, St Andrews Univ., UK), MSc, MBA
>
>
> --- Christoph Wickert <christoph.wickert at web.de>
>wrote: > Am Di, den 02.12.2003 schrieb Arturo Duran um
>16:10:
>  
>
>>>Your answer is useless
>>>Please refrain from sending messages like this
>>>      
>>>
>>Sorry, but I think he (nosp) is right. A line like 
>>
>>    
>>
>>>pkgSkipList=kernel*;
>>>      
>>>
>>to me _IS_ self-explanatory (there is even a
>>comment!). What is so
>>difficult to understand about that? 
>>
>>If you have difficulties with the word "skip" I
>>suggest you take a
>>dictionary or use google.
>>
>>Thanks a lot.
>>
>>Christoph
>>
>>    
>>
>>> --- nosp <nosp at xades.com> wrote: > On Tue,
>>>      
>>>
>>2003-12-02
>>    
>>
>>>at 13:44, Arturo Duran wrote:
>>>      
>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>I've just checked /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date,
>>>>>
>>>>>and read ALL lines referring to "pkg".
>>>>>
>>>>>I still have the question
>>>>>
>>>>>What is "skip" supposed to mean?
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>---
>>>>pkgSkipList[comment]=A list of package names,
>>>>optionally including
>>>>wildcards, to skip
>>>>pkgSkipList=kernel*;
>>>>---
>>>>
>>>>hopefully that is self-explanatory?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
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Arturo -
You are certainly wasting my time, so I'm filtering this whole thread to 
the trash folder.  Don't bother to reply.  The reason is 
"self-explanatory," amigo.