Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:51:49 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Alan E <alane@geeksrus.net> Cc: Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Ports List <ports@FreeBSD.ORG>, FreeBSD Gnome Team <gnome@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: fork bombs registering packages using GNOMENG Message-ID: <20020913185148.GE47536@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20020913184701.GA75702@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> References: <20020913173752.GA53609@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020913175115.GA90567@shale.csir.co.za> <20020913184701.GA75702@wwweasel.geeksrus.net>
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--sgneBHv3152wZ8jf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 02:47:01PM -0400, Alan E wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 07:51:15PM +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: > >Hi, > > > >On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 01:37:52PM -0400, Alan E wrote: > >> If you set USE_GNOME on the make command line, > > > >And if you hold down the power button it turns the whole machine off...= =20 > >What's your point? >=20 > I fail to see the analogy.=20 >=20 > If setting USE_GNOME (it was an attempt to get rid of esound) on the > command line is going to have such catastrophic results, then > bsd.gnomeng.mk ought to detect it and stop the make and issue a > diagnostic message indicating that what you've done is wrong. >=20 > I don't think it is reasonable that something as innocuous as attempting > to override a variable on the make command line can bring the machine to > its knees (although, to its credit, the kernel did not fall over). >=20 > Personally, I thik a fork bomb coming out of a port make for *any* > reason whatsoever is indicative of a severe design or implementation > error. It just should *not* happen. FYI, this isn't (just) a bsd.gnome.mk problem, it does the same thing if you specify any of the variables that adds a dependency to the port. e.g. make USE_XPM=3D1 clean etc. The general problem is probably pretty hard to fix. Kris --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9gjPEWry0BWjoQKURAhqkAKCKJQX7UsZv2HPAxT0rcUFYXe2+KACfW1sA CqXI6TTRNzbaZyaWk0w7/MU= =fOX5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --sgneBHv3152wZ8jf-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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