On Nov 1, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Theo de Raadt wrote:
Since it just does what a good system should do, what is there to go into "at length" about?
What it does. How it does it. If that were documented, it'd sure be easier to use the tools more effectively.
Yes, other systems taught you to hand-optimise. How do we go into "don't do hand optimization" at length?
http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20060927091645
It is a manual page, not a howto.
I was responding here to the remark about the man pages, and making the point that, IMHO, the statement was not correct. The FAQ at the website and the books I'd been able to find don't explain this area either, although they do go into other areas in detail.
The earlier posts told me where to go to fill in a lot of holes; the info's out there. It's just hard to find for someone new to the 'culture' (who didn't know about undead yet).
And it strikes me as odd that what looks like a significant advantage over other ways of doing things is so kept under wraps. I've been running OpenBSD for only a few days, and I'm just beginning to take a few baby steps -- I'm sorry if I stepped on some toes. I certainly didn't intend to.
FWIW, I'm willing to put my time where my mouth is and see if I could fix what I claim is bent. I'm way not qualified to do that on my own yet, but I might be able to help...
-- Glenn English g...@slsware.com
