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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:53AM (#15747819)
I think if you're relying on the presence of an easter-egg in something you're using in production, you probably have bigger problems.
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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by whack on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @11:10AM (#15748825)
Don't forget the first rule of SW development. If a change results in user programs breaking, it's a bug. We never EVER blame the user programs.

/s

https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75

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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by emodendroket on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @02:50PM (#15750957)
I might suggest that man and the kernel have a different relationship to user programs.
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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by wilun on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:59PM (#15751998)
There is no reason the philosophy can't be the same.
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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by emodendroket on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:27PM (#15753095)
No, but there also isn't any particular reason to think it should be.
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Re:Why does man print “gimme gimme gimme” at 00:30? by gadders on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @12:44PM (#15749806)
Chesterton's Fence: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton.27...
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