Re: ar "zero" flag

["Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc." <woods%planix.ca@localhost>]

On 6-Aug-08, at 5:25 PM, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> As a short-term step, I don't object to the "zeroize" flag in  
> principle.  However, issues like this as well as issues with  
> threads, full-feature functionality, backwards-compatibility, etc.  
> have led me to conclude that it's time to deprecate static linking  
> on our system[1].

That'd be a sad day for everyone, but especially those interested in  
security, simplicity, elegance, software hygiene, predictability,  
performance, and, most of all, embedded systems.

Sigh.

What a horridly binary vendor centric viewpoint you have these days  
Jason.

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                                        Greg A. Woods; Planix, Inc.
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