From 6b9d644495d904e88249b66abbeee47beae91ecf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Percival Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:06:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add some wisdom from Garrett Wollman concerning error codes returned by system calls. --- games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes index 84b453035082..005758a5ad41 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