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binary installation manual doesn't work on Alpine Linux

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Message #17 received at 39023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: 39023 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: zimoun <zimon.toutoune <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#39023: adduser/addgroup vs useradd/groupadd
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:03:27 +0100

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Hullo Simon,

zimoun 写道：
> options:
>
>  a/ explicitly notice in the parenthesis that the chunk needs to 
>  be
> adapted; mentioning adduser/addgroup instead of useradd/groupadd 
> for
> example.

There's also:

 c/ do nothing, or

 d/ include the complete code snippet provided by symphonia, but 
 as an ‘out-of-band’ footnote to avoid confusion/blind 
 copy-pasting/distracting the majority of (GNU) users with 
 irrelevant variants.

With a/, the user won't know which options to change, or how. 
They might not understand our ‘useradd’ syntax, and won't have its 
man page installed.

As implied by my reply to Gábor, b/ isn't an option so I've 
snipped it.

I strongly prefer option d/.

> What do the *NIX gurus think?

GNU's not *NIX! :o)  (Nor is it POSIX.)

Kind regards,

T G-R

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