Once upon a time, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > Chris Adams writes: > >Once upon a time, Sam Varshavchik <mrsam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said: > >> Chris Adams writes: > >> >Is there any value in this "additional check" (that nobody else > >> >apparently does)? Do you not trust the kernel's credential handling? > >> > >> I certainly trust it. But just because I trust it, it doesn't mean that > >any > >> additional checks have no value. > > > >Sure it does. If the credentials are always correct, additional checks > >past that are a waste of cycles. > > You feel absolutely confident that just because you can't think of any > value of additional checks, there cannot possibly be any. > > You're wrong. Prove it. When I'm building a wall for a house, I follow the plan that is drawn up by others that works in a common fashion. I don't arbitrarily put a diagonal brace in a standard wall section just as an additional check. I follow others' years of design experience and just build a normal wall. What use case is there in determining an exact binary is being used? -- Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
