From owner-freebsd-current Tue Oct 1 09:15:46 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA27418 for current-outgoing; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:15:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (austin.polstra.com [206.213.73.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA27413 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:15:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from austin.polstra.com (jdp@localhost) by austin.polstra.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA03350 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:15:40 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199610011615.JAA03350@austin.polstra.com> To: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WARNING: botched ld.so commit! :-( In-reply-to: <199610011317.IAA20544@dyson.iquest.net> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 09:15:40 -0700 From: John Polstra Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk John Dyson wrote: > > In reply to Peter Wemm who wrote: > > > > > > It's been pointed out to me that I managed to royally screw up my commit > > > to the rtld/ld.so code, in just about the worst possible way on the only > > > file in the entire system that's vulnerable to this type of screwup. > > > > > > Damn, where is that pointy hat, damn who had it last ?? :) :) > > > Even I don't touch rtld :-). Scary thought if I worked on it :-). Just to reinforce that sentiment, I worked on rtld for a while, and it's nerve-wracking! It's like trying to replace a rope that you and the rest of the world are hanging from. (By the neck, if you screw up.) I think we all know Peter well enough to forego giving him too much flack over this. (Same goes for John Dyson and the occasional hiccups that come with the great things he's doing for us.) John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Self-knowledge is always bad news." -- John Barth