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Date:      Mon, 6 Jan 2003 07:13:04 -0600
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
To:        David O'Brien <obrien@FreeBSD.org>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen sysconf.c
Message-ID:  <20030106131304.GA32011@madman.nectar.cc>
In-Reply-To: <20030106043730.GA24930@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <200209210214.g8L2E4Wc086892@freefall.freebsd.org> <20030106043730.GA24930@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Sun, Jan 05, 2003 at 08:37:31PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote:
> On a related note, why should 'LOGIN_NAME_MAX' be a run-time value?
> One of the most common use of it is "char foo[LOGIN_NAME_MAX];".  

I'm similarly annoyed that we don't define HOST_NAME_MAX.  I believe I
understand Garrett's reasoning, but I do not agree with it.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A. Vidrine <nectar@celabo.org>          http://www.celabo.org/
NTT/Verio SME          .     FreeBSD UNIX     .       Heimdal Kerberos
jvidrine@verio.net     .  nectar@FreeBSD.org  .          nectar@kth.se

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