Re: [Evolution] open

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Fri, 2017-12-29 at 10:02 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-12-29 at 06:39 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:53:03 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > > Uninstalled it, reinstalled it.  
> > >
> > > Virtually always a waste of time. Linux isn't Windows.
> >
> > Not necessarily. For example take Ubuntu's apt.
> >
> > "Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually
> > small (modified) user configuration files behind, in case the
> > remove was an accident. Just issuing an installation request
> > for the accidentally removed package will restore its function as
> > before in that case. On the other hand you can get rid of
> > these leftovers by calling purge even on already removed packages. Note
> > that this does not affect any data or configuration stored
> > in your home directory." -
> > http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/man8/apt.8.html
> >
> > If an Ubuntu user should mess up a config in e.g. /etc, then
> > uninstalling a package using "purge" and after that installing it again
> > very well could solve an issue.
>
> How is this relevant to Evolution?

It's relevant for this thread, since you spread misinformation about
Linux. Next time users reading this don't try to solve an issue, that
actually could be solved by purging and after that installing a package.

You could have written that purging Evolution and then installing it
again, doesn't make much sense, but instead you claimed: "Virtually
always a waste of time. Linux isn't Windows." How is Windows relevant in
the context of this thread?