From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 4 15:56:22 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA14878 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:56:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from atdot.dotat.org (atdot.dotat.org [203.23.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA14870 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 15:56:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from newton@atdot.dotat.org) Received: (from newton@localhost) by atdot.dotat.org (8.9.2/8.7) id KAA03905 for hackers@freebsd.org; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:25:07 +1030 (CST) From: Mark Newton Message-Id: <199902042355.KAA03905@atdot.dotat.org> Subject: Re: Writable string sysctl To: wghicks@bellsouth.net (W Gerald Hicks) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 10:24:46 +1030 (CST) In-Reply-To: <19990204191124V.wghicks@wghicks.bellsouth.net> from "W Gerald Hicks" at Feb 4, 99 07:11:24 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG W Gerald Hicks wrote: > > I want to create an "elf.default_brand" sysctl which contains the > > "elf brand of last resort" that we'll use if an unbranded executable > > is started. > > Please don't make it the default if this happens. Of course not. If the sysctl contains the empty string the old behaviour will be preserved. Curious: What problems would you envisage it causing anyway? - mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, newton@atdot.dotat.org but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-4-1958-3414 ------------- Fax: +61-8-83034403 ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message