Re: kern/56673: don't allow execve with NULL argv

[Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR kern/56673; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Robert Elz <kre%munnari.OZ.AU@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: kern/56673: don't allow execve with NULL argv
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:37:47 +0700

     Date:        Sun, 30 Jan 2022 13:05:01 +0000 (UTC)
     From:        Christos Zoulas <christos%zoulas.com@localhost>
     Message-ID:  <20220130130501.C1D9D1A923D%mollari.NetBSD.org@localhost>
 
   |  Enough programs assume it is there and dereference it without checking.
 
 It was this kind of reasoning that led to making  *NULL == '\0'
 
 Long term it is better to just fix progs making faulty assumptions
 than to try to cater to all of those.
 
 kre