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SubjectRe: propolice support for linux
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Han Boetes wrote:
> Thanks for your comments! This wasn't my patch, just the closed
> thing to something working I could find. Here is my version.
>
> Now all I wonder about is what the _NOVERS should become, since
> Arjen pointed it it `was dead,' since I don't really understand
> what he means with that.
>
> Perhaps I should also add some additional comment about how little
> effect this extension resorts on kernel-level.
>
> And I got two warnings about `int __guard = '\0\0\n\777';'
>
> lib/propolice.c:15:15: warning: octal escape sequence out of range
> lib/propolice.c:15:15: warning: multi-character character constant

Unless you foresee a port of Linux to some 36 bit hardware (like
MULTICS) with nine bit bytes, is there a reason not to us \377? I have
used 36 (and 48) bit hardware, but I don't expect it to ever get a Linux
port.

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-bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
"The secret to procrastination is to put things off until the
last possible moment - but no longer" -me
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