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Date:      Thu, 06 Jun 1996 16:06:24 -0700
From:      "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: More on VM, swap leaks 
Message-ID:  <199606062306.QAA06882@MindBender.HeadCandy.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 06 Jun 96 17:40:19 -0500. <199606062240.RAA03526@dyson.iquest.net> 

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>> It does install with the sticky bit set, but I thought that modern
>> Unices ignored it as they try to keep everything in swap for as long
>> as possible.

>The VM system totally ignores the sticky bit for executables.

I had always suspected as much.  Thanks for confirming this.  (Is this
in 4.4BSD in general, or in FreeBSD, specifically?)

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