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Subject: Re: Is postfix vulnerable to the Linux setcap bug?
From: Marek Habersack (grendelvip.net.pl)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 05:27:41 CDT

** On Jun 13, Brad Knowles scribbled:
> At 4:54 PM +1000 2000/6/13, Matthew Hawkins wrote:
>
> > Furthermore, when a simple patch that fixes it for _all_ platforms is
> > given to Eric, is obviously correct, and he repeatedly refuses to put it
> > in simply because it means he, and you, and other BSD bigots have one
> > less excuse to bitch about Linux, is that the fault of the Linux kernel
> > developers?
>
> Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
>
> It's "obviously correct" just because you say so. Of course we
> believe you. And "obviously" he refuses to put in your "obviously
> correct" patch because this is a conspiracy against the One True
> Perfect OS and the One True Perfect God Named Linus Torvalds.
> Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Of course.
Please, I thought that these stupid OS wars were over loooong time ago?? One
might think grown up people read this mailing list....
 
> Here's a little hint -- Linus and Alan Cox both are real people,
> and sometimes they make mistakes. You will note that they have since
> fixed this problem in more recent versions of the Linux kernel.
Just for the sake of accuracy - neither of them implemented capabilities and
they aren't the only people working on the Linux kernel. In every OS there
are stupid mistakes, errors, braindamage etc. - there's *no* need to flame
about it. Just use whatever OS you like and, please, let others choose
whatever they want, even Windows 2.0 - if it works for them, fine. If you
want to advocate your OS use USENET and its plethora of advocacy newsgroups.
And it's not against you, Brad, or you, Matthew - this list is just not a
place for such (unnecessary) discussions.
 
marek

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