Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 23:57:43 +1030 (CST) From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org> To: dcs@newsguy.com (Daniel C. Sobral) Cc: jonny@jonny.eng.br, newton@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern imgact_elf.c Message-ID: <199902071327.XAA01087@atdot.dotat.org> In-Reply-To: <36BC059E.3F1A4879@newsguy.com> from "Daniel C. Sobral" at Feb 6, 99 06:04:30 pm
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Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
> Mark Newton wrote:
> > > // I don't think having the kernel give special treatment to users'
> > > // environment variables is a good precedent to set.
> > > Didn't Ultrix do this to select between BSD and SYSV behaviour ?
> > <shudder> :-)
>
> Do you have a better suggestion for a per user setting?
Well, no, but that doesn't mean making the kernel read user environment
variables is the "right" suggestion.
- mark
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