> And i am going to suggest you show a diff, and go through the process
> Ingo just described
as i said, i am new to this, and wanted to discuss something in words
before providing a C diff that would doubtless be rejected given that i
have only just begun to learn C.
i would have been happy to try to contribute a diff, but i felt it
better to first bring it up on misc seeing as i am new to OpenBSD and C
programming, and (a) my idea might be rejected; (b) my programming
skills might not be up to scratch and my patch therefore worthless.
my own solution was to use another shell program in the unix fashion,
but certainly i will try to diff the source, but it will take a while
given that it is new to me and no ones first priority.
> or alternative you realize you are lazy
... or a novice.
> not allowed to tell others what to do, and you can then shut up.
... or make suggestions...
> Really making friends.
i am not trying to make friends with someone who will insult me for
making a suggestion and giving my honest opinion. i am trying to
learn programming and improve the system that runs all my machines.
and i didnt mean that facetiously. it really was a bug that i would
have had not knowledge of were it not for the patch; it really did
remind me of the morris worm which i had just learnt about; and it
really did make me think i could do something to help with OpenBSD,
seeing as i was disgusted when i first came across system(3), and only
satisfied when i learnt about execv(3), which was the first system call
i used, and only a short while ago.
and even though i persist because i am more interested in BSD than theo,
you still have some paranoia that i have some agenda against you.
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