stackyFACTSYou want to fix a typo, but you need to update a library, which requires updating the operating system, which requires formatting a drive. This infinitely expanding tree of annoying prerequisite tasks is known as yak shaving, meaning by the time you do the actual work, you have essentially shaved a yak.
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