I just wrote to the list about the SAME thing. I totally agree. This is like the saying 'rm' command without arguments will delete every file on your computer. I did the same thing. I wish it was a virtual system I did it to as well :)
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:30 PM, Shelby Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings list. I'm a new user to FreeBSD and I just managed to > introduce myself to ldconfig's default behavior. I'm currently locked > out of my remote server since bash isn't statically compiled and will > have to get physical access to correct my blunder. :( > > As a new user to FreeBSD, ldconfig's default behavior makes about as > much sense to me as rm adding "-fr ~" or kill adding "-9 1" in the > absence of arguments. I hate to sound ignorant but I have to ask, is > there any particular reason FreeBSD's ldconfig defaults to this > seemingly unintuitive and non-newbie-safe behavior? > > Would a patch that changes the behavior of ldconfig to assume -r in the > absence of command line arguments and adds a new parameter like > -e[rase]|-d[estroy]|-w[ipe]|-z[ap]|-l[olnewbie] to enable the original > behavior be likely to gain any acceptance? > > Regards, > > Shelby Cain > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"