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RE: [RFA] A kinder, gentler check for /etc/{passwd,group} changes
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- Subject: RE: [RFA] A kinder, gentler check for /etc/{passwd,group} changes
- From: "Robert Collins" <robert dot collins at itdomain dot com dot au>
- Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 13:43:20 +1000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Faylor [mailto:cgf@redhat.com]
> Anyway, I'm not arguing against finer grained /etc/passwd checking, as
> you noted, and Corinna has already implemented it, so...
I'd just like to say to you and Corinna - Woohoo! those timings look
nice.
> >> I think that Corinna mentioned that we have to have a
> cygwin that works
> >> without the daemon, actually:
> >
> >Oh. How up for discussion is that? Or does that mean "Current
> >functionality shall remain without the deamon, new stuff can
> be daemon
> >dependent".
>
> I think I would have a hard time selling the concept of the necessity
> to start a daemon if you want to run "make" on gcc.
>
> Cygwin has to be able to work like it does now without the daemon. I
> think that is what Corinna was saying.
In other words we don't move anything that works today into the daemon,
without keeping a non-daemon option.
Hmm, lets see how that goes :]. I suspect we'll end up with a
frustatingly long list of "Gee it would be nice to x, but that currently
works without the daemon".
Rob