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[–] NateSwift@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago (4 children)

the /* makes sure you get rid of both french french and french canadian french

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] bunnyfc@kbin.social 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

be sure to add -no-preserve-root to make sure ultra french is gone too

[–] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

no need, since /* doesn't start at root, it'll not trip the safety

[–] NateSwift@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think you’re wrong but I’m not willing to test it to see

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

the shell expands it to rm -fr /bin /etc /usr /home /dev and so on. rm never sees the /, so the safety doesn't trigger

[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

virtual machines

[–] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

trying to remove ULTRAFRENCH is a fool's errand

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

That means we are still missing Swiss French

[–] terry_tibbs@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

What about French Ceole? Can't be too certain.

[–] Guru_Insights99@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Please do not be racist to us French people, it is for that reason I have down voted your post today