From: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-security-module@vger.kernel.org,
keyrings@linux-nfs.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
linux-api@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors
Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:37:01 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17429.1299602221@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110308152518.074d0996@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> I was wondering if at least there was some co-ordination going on so that
> functions like perror() produced sensible answers. Otherwise it's
> debatable if its actually an improvement for the poor end user ?
Fair point. That's why I cc'd the messages to linux-api@, but I'm not sure who
actually reads it, besides Michael Kerrisk. I guess it's probably a good idea
to wave my suggestions on the glibc list at least.
David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-03-08 16:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-07 15:02 [PATCH 1/2] Define ENOAUTHSERVICE to indicate "Authentication service unavailable" David Howells
2011-03-07 15:02 ` [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors David Howells
2011-03-07 16:00 ` Alan Cox
2011-03-08 15:09 ` David Howells
2011-03-08 15:25 ` Alan Cox
2011-03-08 16:37 ` David Howells [this message]
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-02-08 12:29 [PATCH 1/2] Define ENOAUTHSERVICE to indicate "Authentication service unavailable" David Howells
2012-02-08 12:29 ` [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors David Howells
2012-02-08 14:15 ` Jim Rees
2012-02-09 10:04 ` David Howells
2012-02-09 13:44 ` Jim Rees
2012-02-10 20:02 ` David Howells
2012-03-22 13:35 [PATCH 1/2] Define ENOAUTHSERVICE to indicate "Authentication service unavailable" David Howells
2012-03-22 13:35 ` [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors David Howells
2012-06-01 3:32 [PATCH 1/2] Define ENOAUTHSERVICE to indicate "Authentication service unavailable" Trond Myklebust
2012-06-01 3:32 ` [PATCH 2/2] Define ENONAMESERVICE and ENAMEUNKNOWN to indicate name service errors Trond Myklebust
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