Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!chris From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: fix to sendmail / save _environ pointer Message-ID: <3754@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 18:53:07 EST Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.3754 Posted: Fri Mar 1 18:53:07 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 07:12:30 EST References: <350@umd5.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U of Maryland, Computer Science Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 12 A wonderful example of why using write(fd, &edata, sbrk(0) - &edata) is a Bad Thing. Both rogue and sendmail do this (rogue does it with an encryption though) and both programs have various related bugs. Yes, it's fast, but ..... eeeeauuyuck. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 4251) UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland