Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 09:39:42 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New 3.3-STABLE: out of file descriptors Message-ID: <19990923093942.E25828@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909221500270.30698-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com> References: <1739.938028592@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909221500270.30698-100000@dt014nb6.san.rr.com>
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Doug wrote:
> DON'T do this. As I told you when I sent you this code snippet it
> causes a lot of problems. Namely, numerous places in the rc files where
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf gets re-source'd, causing the code below to not look
> at your overrides again. There are a couple of other problems, but that's
> the biggest one. This problem is solvable, but it will require some
> reexamination of how the default and overrides files are sourced.
How about some counter? e.g., complain if the same file is sourced more
than say 10 times? I can't see that happening in normal operation, I may
have failed to consider some possibilities though.
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