Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:43:37 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c Message-ID: <200008162043.VAA11343@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> of "Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:27:23 PDT." <200008161827.e7GIRNG01734@netplex.com.au>
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> Brian Somers wrote: > > > brian 2000/08/16 05:01:18 PDT > > > > > > Modified files: > > > usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c > > > Log: > > > If the -p option is used, use setproctitle() to hide it's argument > > > (a password) asap. > > > > > > Revision Changes Path > > > 1.6 +3 -3 src/usr.sbin/pppctl/Makefile > > > 1.22 +36 -3 src/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c > > > > Interestingly enough, it turns out that both OpenBSD and NetBSD have > > setproctitle() in libc rather than in libutil. Does anyone have any > > objections to us following suit ? At a guess I would think > > setproctitle() isn't used in any of the bootstrap/build stuff, so it > > would *probably* be an easy transition if nobody complains.... > > I had been planning to move it. It causes problems in libperl.so as it > would add an extra dynamic dependency to libutil. What about namespace pollution issues ? If this is moved, are the ANSI/POSIX/c99 types going to raise the banners ? > Cheers, > -Peter > -- > Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au > "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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