From owner-freebsd-arch Tue Nov 30 10:31:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.204.136.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42110159C1 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id TAA09871 for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:31:51 +0100 (CET) Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id TAA71957 for freebsd-arch@freebsd.org; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 19:31:50 +0100 (MET) Received: from apollo.backplane.com (apollo.backplane.com [216.240.41.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66C69159CC for ; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:31:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon@apollo.backplane.com) Received: (from dillon@localhost) by apollo.backplane.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id KAA26563; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:31:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dillon) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:31:37 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon Message-Id: <199911301831.KAA26563@apollo.backplane.com> To: Barry Pederson Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf files.i386 src/sys/kern kern_fork.csrc/sys/libkern arc4random.c src/sys/sys libkern.h References: <199911301720.JAA25777@apollo.backplane.com> <384410A4.22DCF089@geocities.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG : : :Sorry, but I have to agree with Bill on this...depending on undefined :behavior in a system is just plain bad practice. You're gonna get :burned eventually when someone implements a similar system but doesn't :necessarily exactly copy all the undefined behaviors. : : Barry This is ridiculous. We aren't talking about people writing scripts here. We are talking about human nature. Human beings are not computers and expecting them to act like a computer in their everyday sysadmining is just plain ridiculous. -Matt Matthew Dillon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message