From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 8 13: 3:17 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-10.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 11DD837B66D for ; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 13:03:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #2) id 13iMf8-0003yR-00; Sun, 08 Oct 2000 20:03:10 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e98K5FR99077; Sun, 8 Oct 2000 22:05:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 22:05:15 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Bill Moran Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: make buildworld failing Message-ID: <20001008220515.A98882@freebie.demon.nl> References: <39E03D71.AC278983@urx.com> <20001008132312.A253@parish> <20001008154111.D96958@freebie.demon.nl> <20001008144909.D253@parish> <20001008160111.A97340@freebie.demon.nl> <39E08323.A84B7BB0@columbus.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <39E08323.A84B7BB0@columbus.rr.com>; from wmoran@columbus.rr.com on Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:22:27AM -0400 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 10:22:27AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > Wilko Bulte wrote: > > > I'm familiar with the behaviour below. But I classify it as annoying, > > if root is too dim to be careful then... > > > > Wilko > > That's an interesting take on things. Personally, I find it comforting > to have a fallback mechanism to prevent me from doing stupid things > when I'm trying to fix a frustrating problem with little sleep to help > me. > Careful as you may be, personally I'm still human. Well, I was educated on SysV machinery that had no such safety net. Until now I have managed to stay clear of root-induced disasters. > It's probably a mute point, though. Isn't this behaviour mandated by > POSIX? Hm, I would not know to be honest. -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message