On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 08:26:41PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Wolfgang J�hrling wrote: > > Adam Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 May 2002, Wolfgang J�hrling wrote: > > > > $ settrans -ac node /path/to/binary/of/the/translator arguments > > > > > > translator -ac node arguments > > > > Changing some interfaces which should not change, this might in theory > > work for active translators (duplicating the code of settrans in every > > translator), but it does not make sense for passive translators. > > if ( intranslator mode ) > execv(setransc, $0, $@); > > How difficult can that be?
settrans is not limited to starting translators directly. You can also wrap them into other commands, like this: $ settrans -ac ~/ftp /bin/sh -c "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib/debug /hurd/ftpfs ftp.debian.org:/" or $ settrans -ac ~/ftp /bin/rpctrace -o /tmp/trace.log /hurd/ftpfs ftp.debian.org:/ both which are extremely useful. I appreciate your suggestions, but we are quite happy with the way settrans works. Maybe I would appreciate your efforts even more if they weren't motivated by eliminating a useful directory, but by trying to improve on the Hurd's design or functionality. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
