Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 13:16:54 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: The necessary steps for logging (the problem is fixed) Message-ID: <4.1.19981007131531.0408a100@mail.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981007083740.20457B-100000@java.dpcsys.com> References: <4.1.19981006213234.04cd1600@mail.lariat.org>
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At 08:42 AM 10/7/98 -0700, Dan Busarow wrote: >On Tue, 6 Oct 1998, Brett Glass wrote: >> There's also the problem that some editors expand tabs to spaces. >> >> In the name of consistency, I'd like to see FreeBSD (and, for that matter, >> ALL the BSDs) treat tabs and spaces the same, letting you quote spaces with >> a backslash (or quotes surrounding a string) if you want to embed them. > >And that would make for even more readable sendmail.cf's >(on the plus side it would certainly get everyone to move to m4 >instead of editing sendmail.cf directly :) > >You have to examine the structure of the data in any config file >before deciding which characters are legal separators. That's a problem. What's more, in an editor, tabs look like spaces unless you display them as special characters (which ruins the columnization and makes editing hard). So, you're damned if you turn on the special display mode and damned if you don't. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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