Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2002 10:14:32 +0300 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.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: <20020914071432.GA21237@vega.vega.com> 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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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... > >What's your point? > > I fail to see the analogy. > > 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. > > 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). > > 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. Try to do `make USE_XLIB=yes install' in any x11 ports and you'll get the same forkbomb. Please learn how bsd.port.mk in particular and make(1) in general work and then we'll return to this discussion. -Maxim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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