ROFL
Thanks,
Thomas Cameron, MCSE, MCT, CNE, RHCE
IS Engineering Manager
Dell Financial Services
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Sack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 5:14 PM
> To: Siglinux
> Subject: (OT) potentially harmful code (fwd)
>
>
> It's OT, but ... this list could use more volume.
>
> -Paul
>
> --
> Arbitrary systems, pl.n.:
> Systems about which nothing general can be said, save "nothing
> general can be said."
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:46:17 -0500
> From: jsyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: potentially harmful code
>
> I've noticed a very disturbing trend in my src-grokking --
>
> Apparently, I've uncovered a GNU boy-band conspiracy,
> complete with code hidden
> within various unix distributions that tracks and tabulates
> their performance.
>
> For a few examples, see the following:
>
> ['BB' here refers to 'boy band']
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/gcse.c: VISITED is a pointer to a working
> buffer for tracking
> which BB's have been visited.
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/graph.c: enum bb_state { NOT_IN_BB, IN_ONE_BB,
> IN_MULTIPLE_BB };
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/final.c:struct bb_list {
>
> [nsync]
> src/gnu/usr.bin/cvs/lib/strerror.c:#if defined (EL2NSYNC)
> src/sys/ufs/lfs/lfs.h: u_int nsync_writes;
> src/sys/ufs/lfs/lfs_segment.c: ++lfs_stats.nsync_writes;
> src/usr.bin/error/error.h:#define nsyncerrors class_count[C_SYNC]
>
> [backstreet boys]
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/config/m68k/sun3.h: struct bb *blocks;
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/flow.c: in BB_NOTE, if any. */
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/gcse.c: /* BB loops on itself. */
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/haifa-sched.c: N=2: bb's probabilities,
> detailed ready list
> info, unit/insn info.
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/haifa-sched.c:#define BB_TO_BLOCK(bb)
> (rgn_bb_table[current_blocks + (bb)])
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/haifa-sched.c: When analysis is completed
> for bb, we update
> for its successors:
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/haifa-sched.c: bb_succ = BLOCK_TO_BB (b_succ);
> src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/opcodes/ppc-opc.c:#define
> BBOYBI_MASK (BBOYCB_MASK |
> BI_MASK)
> src/gnu/usr.bin/gas/opcode/ppc.h:{ "bdz",
> BBO(16,BODZ,0,0), BBOYBI_MASK,
> COM, { BD } },
>
> [98 degrees]
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/mips-tfile.c: sc_Nil, /* 98 */
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/fixinc/fixincl.x: * Description 98 -
> Zzz_Ki_Iface fix
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/fixinc/inclhack.sh: # Fix 98: Zzz_Ki_Iface
> src/gnu/egcs/gcc/java/parse.c:case 98:
> src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/minimon.h:#define CHANNEL1 98
> src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/gdb/doc/stabs.texinfo: .byte 98
> src/gnu/usr.bin/binutils/include/mpw/mpw.h:#define EACCES 98
>
>
> There are plenty of other examples, just read the source!
>
> In the face of this overwhelming evidence, need I say any more?
>
> >;->
>
>
> jsyn
>
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