Gentoo: new signal, SIGPEBKAC

[robbat2]

A question that many application developers have, is how to deal with entirely stupid user input.
As a remedy, I'd like to propose a new signal for unix.
We will use signal '0', as that is currently unused (see kill -l).
The signal name will be SIGPEBKAC.

If applications decide that a user is being an idiot, and not providing sensible input, they may emit a SIGPEBKAC, and terminate.

With the possibilities of this new signal, we can extend Gentoo to the absolute cutting edge of new software, while cutting back on the number of bug reports. I will be adding MySQL-5.0 and OpenLDAP-2.3 into ~arch, and filing a bug for arches to fast-track it into stable.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

The scary thing is... even though it's an April's Fool joke, it's still sounds like a good idea!

ack

[(Anonymous)]

absolutely. why oh why didn't you write this on 2nd april? ;)

[(Anonymous)]

A good idea, except that sig zero was left undefined for a very good reason and is widely used for its intended purpose. :)

[(Anonymous)]

I agree

^-^

[icedomain.livejournal.com]

//test to see if $user is an idiot. if so, '$idiot=TRUE;'
if (($user=="icedomain")||($idiot)) suicide();
else "Shut the F up, you're not my mother!! SO BUG OFF";