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From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To: Jason Dambrosio <jason@wiz.cx>
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On Sun, Aug 10, 2003 at 09:01:03PM -1000, Jason Dambrosio wrote:
>     My point was simply that the advisory said there was no workaround,
> but I believe you could use this method as a workaround.

In the advisories, I try to point out practical workarounds for
end-users.  I don't have a ptrace(2)-replacing KLD handy for all
branches and configurations.  Interesting thought, though.

Cheers,
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Jacques Vidrine   . NTT/Verio SME      . FreeBSD UNIX       . Heimdal
nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org . nectar@kth.se