Subject: Re: gqmpeg package and kvm
To: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/30/2001 08:20:50
On 29 Jul 2001, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

>
> David Brownlee <abs@formula1.com> writes:
> > 	I've bneen looking at adding correct NetBSD support for displaying
> > 	the cpu usage to gqmpeg, plus updating to 0.9.0.
> >
> > 	Currently it pokes around in /proc to get the cpu usage for the
> > 	mpg123 subprocess.
> >
> > 	Can anyone suggest the correct way to get a configure.in script
> > 	to pull in -lkvm on NetBSD only?
>
> Don't.
>
> Use sysctl.
>
> We're trying to get rid of kvm grovelers when we can. They cause
> serious security issues.

   	Already aware of that - hence the use of kvm_getproc2...

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