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[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

mess with whoever has the least modern ide? I'm sure there's something else too hold on

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Would probably be more effective to mess with Linux config files that use semicolons. Especially if it's run as a daemon because Systemctl doesn't always return helpful error messages for configuration errors.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

would you say openRC or rc-service returns better or more helpful error messages with these kinds of things?

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think most daemons would log a helpful enough error message regarding incorrect syntax e.g. if it's a config file of variable=value; format then it wouldn't expect two equals signs on the same line.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

I too wish to see these not-so-helpful error messages (not denying just new)