From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 6 06:01:56 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA06104 for current-outgoing; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 06:01:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from hauki.clinet.fi (root@hauki.clinet.fi [194.100.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA06088 for ; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 06:01:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from cantina.clinet.fi (root@cantina.clinet.fi [194.100.0.15]) by hauki.clinet.fi (8.8.2/8.6.4) with ESMTP id QAA10353; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:01:45 +0200 (EET) Received: (hsu@localhost) by cantina.clinet.fi (8.8.4/8.6.4) id QAA21728; Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:01:44 +0200 (EET) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1997 16:01:44 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199701061401.QAA21728@cantina.clinet.fi> From: Heikki Suonsivu To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Poul-Henning Kamp's message of 3 Jan 1997 23:40:26 +0200 Subject: Re: utmp changes Organization: Clinet Ltd, Espoo, Finland References: <18569.852321999@critter.dk.tfs.com> Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From: Poul-Henning Kamp >but this is what I conceive as changing. The big thing is I'd like to fix >the size of the utmp structure once and for all, and define the reserved >area as must-be-zero so we don't get in the mess we just got in ever again. :- I would rather see variable-length records, it would save space and it is the only way to be sure it will be enough for quite some time. It would be more difficult to parse, but most of that can be hidden into a library. -- Heikki Suonsivu, T{ysikuu 10 C 83/02210 Espoo/FINLAND, hsu@clinet.fi mobile +358-40-5519679 work +358-9-43542270 fax -4555276