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Date:      Mon, 09 Aug 1999 23:43:29 -0600
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Cc:        0x1c <nick@feralmonkey.org>
Subject:   Re: auditors
Message-ID:  <199908100543.XAA10334@harmony.village.org>

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[[ Sorry I missed this before, it has just been pointed out to me ]]

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, 0x1c wrote:
> Well, fixes can be submitted, but it's no use unless they are implemented.
> A large number of OpenBSD patches/fixes implement non-standard behaviour, 
> which often appear to be frowned upon by committers. At minimum these
> should be considered if an option is given to revert to the historical
> behaviour. 

I'm aware of a couple of very specific instances where the is the case
(for example, the latest restriction to root of setting flags on files
is different than historical behavior), but as a general rule this
isn't the case.  Can you be more specific?  I don't think that the
facts support this assertion...

Warner


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