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Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?

From Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature?
Date 2018-10-31 15:40 +0100
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On 10/31/2018 09:18 AM, Curt wrote:
> On 2018-10-31, Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> wrote:
>> Debian 9.1 with MATE installed from DVD set.
>>
>> Due a non-reproducible sequence of events, a binary executable was over
>> written by the contents of a man page in pure text format. For unknown
>> reason, the resulting file was tagged as executable.
> 
> I want to predict immediately that this can of worms will produce the
> longest thread in the history of debian user.

ONLY if members of this group can't or wont read.
I believe I rigorously complied with
[http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html]


> 
>> A custom MATE launcher pointed the corrupted file.
>> When the launcher icon was clicked there was no response whatsoever.
>> Including *NO ERROR MESSAGE*
>> Is this a bug or a feature?
>> If a feature, why?
>>
>>
>>
> 
>

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Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-31 15:20 +0100
  Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug  or feature? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-31 15:30 +0100
    Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-31 15:40 +0100
      Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-31 15:40 +0100
        Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-31 15:50 +0100
          Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-31 16:00 +0100
        Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-31 15:50 +0100
      Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug  or feature? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-31 16:00 +0100
  Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-31 15:30 +0100
    Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-31 15:50 +0100
    Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-31 16:00 +0100
  Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-31 16:40 +0100
    Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-31 16:50 +0100
      Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or feature? rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-31 17:00 +0100
        Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug  or feature? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-31 17:40 +0100
        Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by text -- bug or  feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-31 17:40 +0100
  IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten by  text -- bug or feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-11-04 14:30 +0100
    Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable  overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-11-04 14:40 +0100
      Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable overwritten  by text -- bug or feature? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-11-05 13:20 +0100
        Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable  overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-11-05 13:40 +0100
          Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable  overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-05 15:10 +0100
            Re: IT IS A BUG -- Re: Strangeness when binary executable  overwritten by text -- bug or feature? Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-11-05 16:10 +0100

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