Re: Audit patch split into 5 parts

From: Valdis.Kletnieksat_private
Date: Tue Jul 24 2001 - 17:32:27 PDT

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    On Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:01:24 PDT, richard offer <offerat_private>  said:
    > I'd like to register a XmNnotQuiteSureWhatToDoHere callback :-)
    
    I remember /usr/ucb/fortune once coughing up:
    
    First law of systems programming:
    	Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle.
     
    > A separate patch since I'm not sure about this, what with all the inode vs
    > name discussion. We really want the name, the truncate() hook is passed an
    > inode. We've added the name as well, but this is api sticks out like a sore
    > thumb. It would be nice if we could come up with a generic solution for the
    > all of the inode hooks, and just happen to fix this one at the same time...
    
    Does anybody have a feel for the increased chance of patch acceptance if
    we actually provide the answer to the FAQ "How do I get the filename
    from the inode/fd/whatever?" ;)
    
    /Valdis
    
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