Date: Tue, 15 Jul 1997 14:27:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: no SYSVSHM in GENERIC now.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970715142504.15399C-100000@Journey2.mat.net> In-Reply-To: <19970715101231.JO07295@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, J Wunsch wrote: > As Chuck Robey wrote: > > > I think, Brandon, that you're wrong. The gimp software uses SYSVSHM, not > > the port. > > Sure. But why not adding a small `patch' that catches SIGSYS, and > exits cleanly telling the user to include SYSVSHM into her kernel? > (That's the same way the XFree86 servers use to disable MIT-SHM.) I think that's great, but it was the XFree86 folks who did that, not the FreeBSD porter. If FreeBSD porters had to patch the software to eliminate bugs, there'd be nearly no ports. Such things should be forwarded to the software authors. > > -- > cheers, J"org > > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-) > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 3.0 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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