Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 00:17:02 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc crontab rc src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.root.dist src/libexec Makefile src/libexec/save-entropy Makefile save-entropy.sh Message-ID: <200101132217.f0DMH2I21498@gratis.grondar.za> In-Reply-To: <200101132203.f0DM3R935732@earth.backplane.com> ; from Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com> "Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:03:27 PST." References: <200101132203.f0DM3R935732@earth.backplane.com>
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I am now typing my 4th effort at answering this, and I am rather at a loss for words. Exactly what you are so loudly demanding below, is exactly what I offered in my previous mail. WILL YOU PLEASE GET OF MY CASE NOW!!! M > The system had damn well have a reasonable default, regardless of what > is in /etc/rc.conf or /etc/defaults/rc.conf. If you don't put it in, > I will. It is simply not appropriate to commit code that can stall the > system on boot. It is far more important to ensure that that DOES NOT > HAPPEN then it is to be paranoid about cryptographically secure random > numbers. Don't make the defaults ass-backwards, all you will do is > hang up some poor sod who will wind up spending a dozen man hours trying > to figure out why his computer won't boot. > > This bikeshed isn't going to go away until you people screw your heads > on right and make commits that don't create havoc with other developers. > It is NOT NECESSARY do that kind of shit to test your random number device > code. > > -Matt -- Mark Murray Warning: this .sig is umop ap!sdn To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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