Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 19:27:47 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/sendmail/src conf.h src/include unistd.h src/lib/libc/gen Makefile.inc src/lib/libutil Makefile libutil.h setproctitle.3 setproctitle.c src/sys/sys param.h Message-ID: <200009081827.e88IRln55653@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk> of "Fri, 08 Sep 2000 00:47:11 BST." <39B828FF.ECCAE46@originative.co.uk>
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> Brian Somers wrote:
> >
> > The general concensus (between peter & I, and later jdp) was that
> > setproctitle() is not ``standard''.
>
> On the basis of that argument I'd say it shouldn't be in libc either :-)
Ah, but as it's the only supported way of altering process arguments,
it should IMHO be available as standard.
Personally, I think all the sysctl stuff should be front-ended with a
usable API.... and putting this stuff in libc seems more logical than
having a libsysctl.
> Paul.
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Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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