Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 01:45:29 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Cc: des@freebgsd.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix pam_unix.c Message-ID: <20020205224527.GA9394@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <200202052235.g15MZYs33989@greenpeace.grondar.org> References: <20020205220620.GD8579@nagual.pp.ru> <200202052235.g15MZYs33989@greenpeace.grondar.org>
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On Tue, Feb 05, 2002 at 22:35:29 +0000, Mark Murray wrote: > > In my opinion, your program was a god example of how _not_ to do it. :-) Program just knows nothing about undocumented PAM internal random() clobbering. And don't need to know anything about that in general. Do you expect that each writer must analyze pam_unix() code before starting using random() in his program? If so, it should be documented even in random(4) manpage. General rule is: general purpose libraries should minimize unpredicatble and undocumented side effects. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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