Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:10:03 GMT From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/125680: atacontrol depends on executable in /usr Message-ID: <200807162210.m6GMA3e9090761@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/125680; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/125680: atacontrol depends on executable in /usr Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:04:28 +0200 David Schultz wrote: > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008, Kris Kennaway wrote: >> Better fix: use /bin/csh and the built-in nice. > > Better yet, given that it's a C program that invokes > /usr/bin/nice -n 20 /bin/dd if=/dev/ar%d of=/dev/null bs=1m & > via system(3), would be to use nice(3). Actually, the whole thing > is sort of dubious: What if my libraries are corrupted and I'm trying > to use /rescue/atacontrol to fix things, but it gives an error because > it's hardwired to use /bin/dd instead of /rescue/dd? A simple > while (!eof) read(); loop should suffice. > > You make a good point, sir :) Kris
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