Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 21:43:37 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c Message-ID: <200008162043.VAA11343@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> of "Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:27:23 PDT." <200008161827.e7GIRNG01734@netplex.com.au>
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> Brian Somers wrote:
> > > brian 2000/08/16 05:01:18 PDT
> > >
> > > Modified files:
> > > usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c
> > > Log:
> > > If the -p option is used, use setproctitle() to hide it's argument
> > > (a password) asap.
> > >
> > > Revision Changes Path
> > > 1.6 +3 -3 src/usr.sbin/pppctl/Makefile
> > > 1.22 +36 -3 src/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
> >
> > Interestingly enough, it turns out that both OpenBSD and NetBSD have
> > setproctitle() in libc rather than in libutil. Does anyone have any
> > objections to us following suit ? At a guess I would think
> > setproctitle() isn't used in any of the bootstrap/build stuff, so it
> > would *probably* be an easy transition if nobody complains....
>
> I had been planning to move it. It causes problems in libperl.so as it
> would add an extra dynamic dependency to libutil.
What about namespace pollution issues ? If this is moved, are the
ANSI/POSIX/c99 types going to raise the banners ?
> Cheers,
> -Peter
> --
> Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
> "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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