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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

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