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The mantra of Linux development is "don't break user space."

It works. I have been using the same kernel configuration
and the same boot scripts for a LONG, LONG time without any
problems.

Torvalds and his cohorts are the best!

But GNU/Linux software programmers, it seems, don't follow
the same mantra.

Recently, ImageMagick and GMIC, both CLI image processing
programs that I use extensively, have changed some of their
commands and command options.

<https://imagemagick.org/>

<https://gmic.eu/>

Because of this, I am FORCED to modify literally HUNDREDS
of scripts that I have written in the past. Believe you me,
I have much better thing to do.

Bastards!

My advice to all GNU/Linux/FOSS programmers:

Don't fucking break the established commands and options!

Of course, distro lackeys couldn't give a fuck. They
will always have their pretty GUI buttons.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

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Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> news:18a745cbe5a613ab$28367$2332849$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:35:20 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:

Recently, ImageMagick and GMIC, both CLI image processing
programs that I use extensively, have changed some of their
commands and command options.

<https://imagemagick.org/>

<https://gmic.eu/>

Because of this, I am FORCED to modify literally HUNDREDS
of scripts that I have written in the past. Believe you me,
I have much better thing to do.

Hmm. Couldn't you write a search and replace tool to automate this process
for you?
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Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> wrote:

Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com> news:18a745cbe5a613ab$28367$2332849$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com Fri, 17 Apr 2026 22:35:20 GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:

Recently, ImageMagick and GMIC, both CLI image processing
programs that I use extensively, have changed some of their
commands and command options.

<https://imagemagick.org/>

<https://gmic.eu/>

Because of this, I am FORCED to modify literally HUNDREDS
of scripts that I have written in the past. Believe you me,
I have much better thing to do.

Hmm. Couldn't you write a search and replace tool to automate this process for you?

LOL! Didn’t you used to claim to be a coder or programmer?
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They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.
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Distro Lackey <dl@lackey.com>wrote:

The mantra of Linux development is "don't break user space."

It works. I have been using the same kernel configuration
and the same boot scripts for a LONG, LONG time without any
problems.

Torvalds and his cohorts are the best!

But GNU/Linux software programmers, it seems, don't follow
the same mantra.

Recently, ImageMagick and GMIC, both CLI image processing
programs that I use extensively, have changed some of their
commands and command options.

<https://imagemagick.org/>

<https://gmic.eu/>

Because of this, I am FORCED to modify literally HUNDREDS
of scripts that I have written in the past. Believe you me,
I have much better thing to do.

Bastards!

My advice to all GNU/Linux/FOSS programmers:

Don't fucking break the established commands and options!

Of course, distro lackeys couldn't give a fuck. They
will always have their pretty GUI buttons.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

It was te same with gcc command like flags a while back.
Broke every program I released.
Some idiots, was no need for a change.

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:34:07 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:

It was te same with gcc command like flags a while back.

What exactly was changed?
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Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= <ldo@nz.invalid>wrote:

On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 05:34:07 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:

It was te same with gcc command like flags a while back.

What exactly was changed?

CFLAGS = -fcommon -O2 -Wall -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64

Trying to remember
Was it to do with the -fcommon flag?

What basically happened is that all global variables declaired in a separate header C file
were no longer recognized, giving many compile errors.
As the make files were made with Imake more problems.

So had to edit all Makefiles
There was more shit with that, google shows

Much old code that I wrote for x86 ported to the raspberry pi had to be modified.
with that version of gcc.



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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 02:10:06 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:

Hmm. Couldn't you write a search and replace tool to automate this process for you?

Hmm. But that's not the point, is it.

No, that's not the point. The issue is that I should not have
to do that because the programmers should not have to break things.


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On Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:53:57 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:

Trying to remember
Was it to do with the -fcommon flag?

Good example!

The default was changed from "-fcommon" to "-fno-common."

<https://trofi.github.io/posts/245-fno-common-legacy.html>

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