Re: Intent to package: uedit

[Robert Woodcock <rcw@oz.net>]

On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Igor Grobman wrote:
> O my god!! This is true.  I downloaded it, and the README is pretty much
> what James has written.  I tried starting it, and it managed to kill
> exmh, but not all of X exiting with "Setup Eror: Unable to Initialize
> Program".  What a pity, it failed to kill X :).

> Um... I suddenly have a strange desire to destroy someone or something.

Well, after making a user to test this out with:

mercury:/home/rcw/Uedit_0.9c$ strace ./Uedit
execve("./Uedit", ["./Uedit"], [/* 24 vars */]) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x19000
ioctl(0, KDSETMODE, 0)                  = 0
ioctl(0, VT_WAITACTIVE, 0)              = -1 ENXIO (Device not configured)
ioctl(0, VT_SETMODE, 0x18ef8)           = 0
ioctl(0, VT_RELDISP, 0)                 = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
sigaction(SIGUSR1, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}) = 0
open("/dev/mem", O_RDWR)                = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
fstat(1, {st_mode=S_ISGID|010, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
brk(0x1c000)                            = 0x1c000
brk(0x1d000)                            = 0x1d000
ioctl(1, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
write(1, "Setup Error: Unable To Initializ"..., 42Setup Error: Unable To
Initialize Program
) = 42
_exit(0)                                = ?

Yeah, that's right, an editor that opens /dev/mem.

I'm also wondering why, in 1998, this guy is releasing a.out binaries,
without source. <valley>It's just like, you know, so... *retro!*</valley>
:)

Sick. Disgusting. Wrong.
--
Robert Woodcock - rcw@oz.net
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
		-- Ashleigh Brilliant


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