From owner-freebsd-gnome Fri Sep 13 11:48: 0 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C6B637B400; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:47:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (wwweasel.geeksrus.net [64.8.210.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C076643E3B; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 11:47:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: from wwweasel.geeksrus.net (alane@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8DIl1kZ075737; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:47:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alane@wwweasel.geeksrus.net) Received: (from alane@localhost) by wwweasel.geeksrus.net (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8DIl1Jx075736; Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:47:01 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from alane) Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 14:47:01 -0400 From: Alan E To: Jeremy Lea Cc: FreeBSD Ports List , FreeBSD Gnome Team Subject: Re: fork bombs registering packages using GNOMENG Message-ID: <20020913184701.GA75702@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> Reply-To: alane@geeksrus.net References: <20020913173752.GA53609@wwweasel.geeksrus.net> <20020913175115.GA90567@shale.csir.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020913175115.GA90567@shale.csir.co.za> X-message-flag: Magic 8-Ball says "Outlook not so good." I'll ask it about Exchange next. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 07:51:15PM +0200, Jeremy Lea wrote: >Hi, > >On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 01:37:52PM -0400, Alan E wrote: >> If you set USE_GNOME on the make command line, > >And if you hold down the power button it turns the whole machine off... >What's your point? I fail to see the analogy. If setting USE_GNOME (it was an attempt to get rid of esound) on the command line is going to have such catastrophic results, then bsd.gnomeng.mk ought to detect it and stop the make and issue a diagnostic message indicating that what you've done is wrong. I don't think it is reasonable that something as innocuous as attempting to override a variable on the make command line can bring the machine to its knees (although, to its credit, the kernel did not fall over). Personally, I thik a fork bomb coming out of a port make for *any* reason whatsoever is indicative of a severe design or implementation error. It just should *not* happen. -- Alan Eldridge Unix/C(++) IT Pro, 20 yrs, seeking new employment. (http://wwweasel.geeksrus.net/~alane/resume.txt) KDE, KDE-FreeBSD Teams (http://www.kde.org, http://freebsd.kde.org/) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-gnome" in the body of the message