Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices

Alan Cox
2004-08-19T19:01:52Z

On Iau, 2004-08-19 at 17:07, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Cdrtools is is code freeze state. This is why I say the best idea is to remove
> this interface change from the current Linux kernel and wait until there will
> be new cdrtools alpha for 2.02 releases. These alpha could get support for uid
> switching. If Linux then would again switch the changes on, it makes sense.

While Sun did spend a year refusing to fix security holes I found - for
"compatibility reasons" - long ago back when I was a sysadmin at NTL,
the Linux world does not work that way.

Alan