---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Craig Small <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:06 AM Subject: Re: Bug#558044: To: "Jason A. Spiro" <[email protected]>
On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 02:59:38AM -0500, Jason A. Spiro wrote: > Maybe you could gradually transition it in, by making both options > work for a year or two and printing a warning message, then disabling > -v. That's been done before, there were lots of complaints. > Which Linux does not use Debian procps? For example, it looks like > Fedora uses Debian procps.[1] They copied the FAQ from upstream, I saw nothing about it being a Debian specific patched version. > What would you think if we posted on the debian-devel list and asked > for more advice on other possible options to prevent accidental > killing-all-processes with pkill -v? If the bulk of debian-devel said yes this is a good idea I'd regretfully change it. Now the rm -rf / blah protection is quite neat and perhaps something like it could be done. I'm not sure what the criteria would be. - Craig -- Craig Small GnuPG:1C1B D893 1418 2AF4 45EE 95CB C76C E5AC 12CA DFA5 http://www.enc.com.au/ csmall at : enc.com.au http://www.debian.org/ Debian GNU/Linux, software should be Free -- Jason Spiro: software/web developer, packager, trainer, IT consultant. I support Linux, UNIX, Windows, and more. Contact me to discuss your needs. +1 (416) 992-3445 / www.jspiro.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
