On Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:16:28 -0400 Thor Lancelot Simon <tls%panix.com@localhost> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:46:53AM -0500, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote: > > How did those modules work pre-6.0? I thought pthreads wouldn't > > work at all when loaded through dlopen because libc would have > > initialized in non-threaded mode at process startup. > > [...] > > NetBSD 6 was fixed to loudly rather than silently fail in > such cases. That was the right decision, rather tha > allowing application authors to silently hose applicatio > users. Yes. > There are cases where desperate, ugly hacks to make > other people's incorrect code work most of the time > are justifiable. The system authentication path is > not one of them! I thought he was advocating a more generic kludge mechanic rather than one specific to authentication? Julian -- 3072D/F3A66B3A Julian Yon (2012 General Use) <pgp.2012%jry.me@localhost>
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