Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 28 Feb 1998 14:05:45 -0600 | From | Miguel de Icaza <> | Subject | Re: PID sequences |
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> > > There _is_ no "our userland", unlike OpenBSD. > > > > Sure there is. > > > > Red Hat and Debian should audit the packages they ship, and ship with fixed > > bugs and security holes -just like OpenBSD has done-. > > since when do redhat and debian not provide patched software? AFAIK, > slackware is the only one who doesn't.
I am not saying they do not.
I am replying to a mail message where someone suggest that we do not have a userland of "ours" and he thus tries to conclude that it is not a good idea to have random pids as we would break broken software.
> that step has already been taken.. do some research on www.debian.org and > www.redhat.com
Try to understand my message and follow the thread before posting.
Miguel.
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