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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 17:40 +0100
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On 10/31/2018 10:57 AM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:45:15 AM Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 10/31/2018 10:31 AM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:14:40 AM Richard Owlett 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.
>>>
>>> Just to (maybe?) help with the proper focus, was this a human error or
>>> something that seemed to happen without human intervention?
>>
>> As I replied to Reco, "Cannot reproduce detailed PEBKAC ;< "
> 
> Ok, then, it doesn't seem to indicate a disk problem (as some seemed to
> suspect).
> 

Reco's comment that it could be a "(mis)feature" and Greg's response led 
me to investigate further. I'm personally convinced there is a bug 
having some aspects of being a "corner case".

I think I can create some repeatable test cases. It'll take some time.
I may not be a computer geek, but decades in engineering and/or customer 
support can be enlightening.

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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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