Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 01:35:13 -0400 From: Patrick Kelsey <pkelsey@freebsd.org> To: Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> Cc: "sbruno@freebsd.org" <sbruno@freebsd.org>, "freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org" <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: sysctl(3) man page examples Message-ID: <2E314532-E83D-4408-B4A9-7D7339EA72A0@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <5591906E.8060904@selasky.org> References: <558F1D88.8010407@ignoranthack.me> <CAD44qMUVPH4eY4zBfkBQ_m0Vhxg0M1CM7TXZv9emKjWdV8jTVg@mail.gmail.com> <5591906E.8060904@selasky.org>
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> On Jun 29, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Hans Petter Selasky <hps@selasky.org> wrote: >=20 >> On 06/28/15 08:26, Patrick Kelsey wrote: >> s a sysctl entry for it (containing an empty >> string) >=20 > Hi, >=20 > FYI: >=20 > Until r267960 zero-length strings were not listed by sysctl, which might b= e part of the reason this bug has not been seen before. >=20 I initially read this somewhat differently than you meant it - but now I see= what you are saying - between r240176 and r267960, it would not have been v= isually apparent that user.cs_path was empty in the output of 'sysctl user' a= s user.cs_path would not have been displayed at all due to being empty. That= is a good point. -Patrick=
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