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Date:      Wed, 16 Aug 2000 11:27:23 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au>
To:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/pppctl Makefile pppctl.c 
Message-ID:  <200008161827.e7GIRNG01734@netplex.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <200008161342.OAA01274@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> 

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Brian Somers wrote:
> > brian       2000/08/16 05:01:18 PDT
> > 
> >   Modified files:
> >     usr.sbin/pppctl      Makefile pppctl.c 
> >   Log:
> >   If the -p option is used, use setproctitle() to hide it's argument
> >   (a password) asap.
> >   
> >   Revision  Changes    Path
> >   1.6       +3 -3      src/usr.sbin/pppctl/Makefile
> >   1.22      +36 -3     src/usr.sbin/pppctl/pppctl.c
> 
> Interestingly enough, it turns out that both OpenBSD and NetBSD have 
> setproctitle() in libc rather than in libutil.  Does anyone have any 
> objections to us following suit ?  At a guess I would think 
> setproctitle() isn't used in any of the bootstrap/build stuff, so it 
> would *probably* be an easy transition if nobody complains....

I had been planning to move it.  It causes problems in libperl.so as it
would add an extra dynamic dependency to libutil.

Cheers,
-Peter
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Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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