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Followup to: <20020109182902.A2804@thyrsus.com> By author: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > OK. One more time. > > The autoconfigurator is *not* mean to be run at boot time, or as root. > > It is intended to be run by ordinary users, after system boot time. > This is so they can configure and experimentally build kernels without > incurring the "oops..." risks of going root. > > Therefore, the above 'solution' is not acceptable. > If /var/run/dmidata [or whatever you call it] isn't available, put an error box on the screen and say "complain to your distribution vendor." End of story. -hpa -- <hpa@transmeta.com> at work, <hpa@zytor.com> in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt <amsp@zytor.com> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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