From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 22 19:59:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58AFF16A400 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:59:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from kininvie.sv.svcolo.com (kininvie.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42BB413C44C for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:59:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) Received: from [10.66.240.106] (public-wireless.sv.svcolo.com [64.13.135.30]) (authenticated bits=0) by kininvie.sv.svcolo.com (8.13.8/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l5MJxcfH059532; Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:59:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jrhett@svcolo.com) In-Reply-To: References: <20070620151306.GM45993@therub.org> <20070620115023971992.49dc4616@kjsl.com> <20070620164749.GN45993@therub.org> <44A91A3E-96EA-46F3-ABE4-01C4662B5A5F@svcolo.com> <20070620200113.GH13981@home.c0mplx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <3A465CC8-03F6-42C8-9565-C24D7A3C518D@svcolo.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jo Rhett Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:59:31 -0700 To: Dennis Melentyev X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Spam-Score: undef - jrhett@svcolo.com is whitelisted. X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-Canit-Stats-ID: 115408 - 0ee71a340101 X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 64.13.135.12 Cc: Kurt Jaeger , freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how much beer do I need to get this patch applied? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 19:59:47 -0000 On Jun 21, 2007, at 1:31 AM, Dennis Melentyev wrote: > While I haven't seen any problem with patch itself since it just > adding a _useful_ knob, I personaly managed to use procmail to filter > most of that SPAM. My solution is not as CPU friendly as patch but > 2000 messages is not an ultimate load for modern comps. Of course not. The trouble is properly writing a script that will recognize normal and not-normal output for thousands of different scripts. And dealing with any failures in that extra script. In short, this solution adds complexity without any improvement over the patch. I've been using this patch for 2 years now. Or, this patch for a year and a not-as-good patch I made a year before that. We push out the revised periodic script using cfengine. But I hate overwriting OS files, and I believe that most people want this behavior. -- Jo Rhett senior geek Silicon Valley Colocation Support Phone: 408-400-0550