Re: misc/38425 (savecore confused if getbootfile(3) fails)

[Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR misc/38425; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Simon Burge <simonb%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: misc-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
    gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost
Subject: Re: misc/38425 (savecore confused if getbootfile(3) fails) 
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:05:14 +1100

 dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
 
 > Synopsis: savecore confused if getbootfile(3) fails
 > 
 > State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
 > State-Changed-By: dholland%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > State-Changed-When: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:09:40 +0000
 > State-Changed-Why:
 > Fixed?
 
 You mean rev 1.75 of savecore.c?  That seems a bit hackish.  From my
 reading, it just picks a few random device classes to ignore when you
 read an incorrect value.  The /dev/console reference is that the random
 read from /netbsd now seems to be most likely a "0", but it could be any
 other valid device number.  It doesn't say protect you from reading a
 tape drive for example, or other devices where a random read might not
 be either safe or at least have random consequences.
 
 savecore is "safer" for my particular problem, but I don't think it's
 "fixed" yet..
 
 Simon.