Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:15:18 -0400 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pull in upstream before 9.1 code freeze? Message-ID: <20120705131518.06898223@bhuda.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <20120705170944.GA43725@DataIX.net> References: <CA%2BQLa9B-Dm-=hQCrbEgyfO4sKZ5aG72_PEFF9nLhyoy4GRCGrA@mail.gmail.com> <4FF4BEED.10103@FreeBSD.org> <62039A45-92E4-4588-988D-6DF39D7B01E5@bsdimp.com> <201207050922.25815.j.mckeown@ru.ac.za> <20120705082857.GB37083@server.rulingia.com> <4FF55864.8040807@FreeBSD.org> <4FF5BE93.4010509@my.gd> <20120705170944.GA43725@DataIX.net>
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On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 13:09:44 -0400 Jason Hellenthal <jhellenthal@dataix.net> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 05, 2012 at 06:19:31PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > As long as it can be toggled off system-wide, persistently (sysctl?), I > > can't see the harm in bringing that in. > Haha sysctl... thats going quite a bit too far into the system for this. Yup. A sysctl (or rc.conf variable) intended specifically to control the behavior of shells is an even worse idea than turning this nanny behavior on for everyone. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/ Independent Software developer/SCM consultant, email for more information. O< ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org
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