From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 13 21:21:34 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 909F237B401 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:21:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.halplant.com (ip68-98-167-210.nv.nv.cox.net [68.98.167.210]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB1DD43FA3 for ; Tue, 13 May 2003 21:21:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from A.J.Caines@halplant.com) Received: by mail.halplant.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 90C59AE; Wed, 14 May 2003 00:21:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 00:21:32 -0400 From: Andrew J Caines To: hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030514042132.GA7287@hal9000.halplant.com> Mail-Followup-To: hackers@freebsd.org References: <75B77572-85A0-11D7-BE4E-000393C6E688@apple.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <75B77572-85A0-11D7-BE4E-000393C6E688@apple.com> Organization: H.A.L. Plant X-PGP-Fingerprint: C59A 2F74 1139 9432 B457 0B61 DDF2 AA61 67C3 18A1 X-Powered-by: FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE X-URL: http://halplant.com:88/ X-Yahoo-Profile: AJ_Z0 Importance: Normal User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: Re: A modest proposal for better errno values... X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Andrew J Caines List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 04:21:34 -0000 Jordan said... > If it's just used for kernel errors, I was pretty happy with the > EDONTPANIC suggestion someone made earlier. :) In many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, FreeBSD has already supplanted the great UNIX[R] as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work in two important respects. First, it is slightly cheaper; and secondly it has the error EDONTPANIC inscribed in large friendly letters in its source. [With no apology to the late great DNA, -hackers or anyone else] -Andrew- -- _______________________________________________________________________ | -Andrew J. Caines- Unix Systems Engineer A.J.Caines@halplant.com | | "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary | | safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 |