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author | cperciva <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-01-27 21:06:19 +0000 |
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committer | cperciva <cperciva@FreeBSD.org> | 2006-01-27 21:06:19 +0000 |
commit | 219b28b1e36539aa6b2d26bf313699b84e45d12e (patch) | |
tree | 44682008b8086ca8ae2c9bbe502c760aa9188b3e /games | |
parent | 2696c9b917d23fe657d74ed0da554cc778a6a7df (diff) | |
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Add some wisdom from Garrett Wollman concerning error codes returned by
system calls.
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diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index 84b4530..005758a 100644 --- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes +++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes @@ -29939,6 +29939,11 @@ It is only with the heart one can see clearly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. -- The Fox, 'The Little Prince" % +It is perfectly permissible for every system call to fail with [ENOTADUCK] +unless the first five bytes of the caller's address space contain the +word "quack". + -- Garrett Wollman +% It is possible by ingenuity and at the expense of clarity... {to do almost anything in any language}. However, the fact that it is possible to push a pea up a mountain with your nose does not mean that this is a sensible |