From owner-cvs-all Fri Feb 5 04:35:30 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA10663 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 04:35:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from atdot.dotat.org (atdot.dotat.org [203.23.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA10653; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 04:35:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from newton@atdot.dotat.org) Received: (from newton@localhost) by atdot.dotat.org (8.9.2/8.7) id XAA01433; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:03:45 +1030 (CST) From: Mark Newton Message-Id: <199902051233.XAA01433@atdot.dotat.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern imgact_elf.c To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:03:45 +1030 (CST) Cc: newton@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <36BADC89.E8EF3B2A@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at Feb 5, 99 08:56:57 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > newton 1999/02/04 19:43:19 PST > > Modified files: > > sys/kern imgact_elf.c > > Log: > > Created sysctl kern.fallback_elf_brand. Defaults to "none", which will > > give the same behaviour produced before today. If sysadmin sets it > > to a valid ELF brand, ELF image activator will attempt to run unbranded > > ELF exectutables as if they were branded with that value. > > Wouldn't this work better as an environment variable set in > login.conf? I don't think having the kernel give special treatment to users' environment variables is a good precedent to set. - mark -------------------------------------------------------------------- I tried an internal modem, newton@atdot.dotat.org but it hurt when I walked. Mark Newton ----- Voice: +61-4-1958-3414 ------------- Fax: +61-8-83034403 ----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message