Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 21:59:01 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Moving setproctitle() to libc (was: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c) Message-ID: <200008212059.e7LKx2473044@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> of "Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:43:37 BST." <200008162043.VAA11343@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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I'm gonna ask for a repo-copy of
src/lib/libutil/setproctitle.{c,3} to src/lib/libc/gen/ in a couple
of days.
If anybody has any objections, please make them now as I do not
intend to reverse this (due to the obvious bootstrap problems).
> > Brian Somers wrote:
> > > > brian 2000/08/16 05:01:18 PDT
> > > >
> > > > Modified files:
> > > > usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c
> > > > Log:
> > > > If the -p option is used, use setproctitle() to hide it's argument
> > > > (a password) asap.
> > > >
> > > > Revision Changes Path
> > > > 1.6 +3 -3 src/usr.sbin/pppctl/Makefile
> > > > 1.22 +36 -3 src/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
> > >
> > > Interestingly enough, it turns out that both OpenBSD and NetBSD have
> > > setproctitle() in libc rather than in libutil. Does anyone have any
> > > objections to us following suit ? At a guess I would think
> > > setproctitle() isn't used in any of the bootstrap/build stuff, so it
> > > would *probably* be an easy transition if nobody complains....
> >
> > I had been planning to move it. It causes problems in libperl.so as it
> > would add an extra dynamic dependency to libutil.
>
> What about namespace pollution issues ? If this is moved, are the
> ANSI/POSIX/c99 types going to raise the banners ?
>
> > Cheers,
> > -Peter
> > --
> > Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
> > "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
>
> --
> Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
>
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