issetugid(2) documentation vs. implementation

2015-10-05 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Hi, the issetugid(2) manpage only mentions the real and effective uid and gid, yet the implementation in kern_exec.c compares not only those two but also the saved uid and gid. Which of these is desired? Should an executable (as opposed to library code) use issetugid() to check whether it's call

Re: [PATCH] libressl: add dummy egd functions

2014-07-14 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Ted Unangst tedunangst.com> writes: > Any system that actually uses egd is so hopelessly broken you > are better off just turning around and walking away. No software in > 2014 should be using egd; no software in 2014 should support using egd > by accident. This is wrong. The egd protocol is acc

Re: Bug#650029: rs: -z accumulates column width

2011-11-25 Thread Thorsten Glaser
RjY dixit: >When using -z to compress column width, the loop does not reset the >maximum width for each column, but instead accumulates the maximum width >of all preceeding columns. I believe the current behaviour correct, but will accept the change to be driven by another flag. I've got no prefe