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Date:      Fri, 07 Sep 2012 10:53:46 +0200
From:      =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
To:        obrien@freebsd.org
Cc:        Arthur Mesh <arthurmesh@gmail.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org, Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r239598 - head/etc/rc.d
Message-ID:  <86harap61x.fsf@ds4.des.no>
In-Reply-To: <20120906200325.GA17159@dragon.NUXI.org> (David O'Brien's message of "Thu, 6 Sep 2012 13:03:25 -0700")
References:  <201208222337.q7MNbORo017642@svn.freebsd.org> <5043E449.8050005@FreeBSD.org> <20120904220126.GA85339@dragon.NUXI.org> <50468326.8070009@FreeBSD.org> <20120906164514.GA14757@dragon.NUXI.org> <867gs7qcsl.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120906184400.GF13179@dragon.NUXI.org> <86lignot6a.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20120906200325.GA17159@dragon.NUXI.org>

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David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I am not sure what you are arguing.  Are you asking for 'kenv' to be
> removed from better_than_nothing() ?  Or are you just making sure folks
> are aware it is not a source of strong entropy?

I am arguing against your claim that kenv is better than ps.  Even if it
does vary from machine to machine, it is constant across reboots on the
same machine.

> We already have an invocation of 'ps'.  Please suggest a *different*
> command invocation.

ps -axo majflt,minflt,nivcsw,nvcsw

DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no



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