Mark Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Pardon me for saying so, but one recalls the story of the patient > visiting the doctor: "Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this." > > To which the answer is "Then don't do that!"
I don't agree with your comparison here, but ok. In my opinion a program shouldn't _segfault_ just if it's called with more than 31 arguments. > Can anyone provide an example of a case in which one need to approach > this number of arguments? As written in the bugreport: >>> The typical use case of 31+ arguments is with multiple -Dfoo >>> arguments, like: >>> >>> $ cfagent --no-lock -x -H -Dmyfai_munin_node -Dmyfai_eth0 >>> -Dmyfai_libnssdb_passwd -Dmyfai_libnssdb_shadow -Dmyfai_resolv_conf >>> -Dmyfai_etc_hosts -Dmyfai_lilo -Dmyfai_firewall_web -Dmyfai_apt_preferences >>> -Dmyfai_apt_list_changes -Dmyfai_apt_sources_list >>> -Dmyfai_forward_root_emails -Dmyfai_exim_smarthost -Dmyfai_cyb_dotfiles >>> -Dmyfai_ssh_key_root -Dmyfai_apt_cache_limit >>> -Dmyfai_init_d_oshosting_nfs_mounts -Dmyfai_init_d_oshosting_links >>> -Dmyfai_init_d_oshosting_update_config_web >>> -Dmyfai_init_d_oshosting_update_nssdb_passwd >>> -Dmyfai_init_d_oshosting_update_nssdb_shadow -Dmyfai_nfsmount_sessions >>> -Dmyfai_nfsmount_myfai -Dmyfai_enable_rsyncd -Dmyfai_oshosting_nfs_mounts >>> -Dmyfai_web_suexec_romain -Dmyfai_web_oshosting_phpkill >>> -Dmyfai_bind9_forwarders -Dmyfai_static_route_to_mail_by_lbgw >>> -Dmyfai_static_route_to_ns_by_lbgw -Dmyfai_enable_spamd -Dmyfai_spamd_flock >>> -Dmyfai_spamd_disable_bayes -Dmyfai_spamd_enable_network >>> -Dmyfai_cron_d_myfai_ntp -f /usr/local/myfai/etc/cfengine/generic.c > ! >> onf >>> Segmentation fault This seems like something typically done when kickstarting a new system using e.g. fai [1]. - Werner [1] http://www.informatik.uni-koeln.de/fai/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
