Subject: Re: gqmpeg package and kvm
To: David Brownlee <abs@formula1.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 07/29/2001 22:31:01
David Brownlee <abs@formula1.com> writes:
> I've bneen looking at adding correct NetBSD support for displaying
> the cpu usage to gqmpeg, plus updating to 0.9.0.
>
> Currently it pokes around in /proc to get the cpu usage for the
> mpg123 subprocess.
>
> Can anyone suggest the correct way to get a configure.in script
> to pull in -lkvm on NetBSD only?
Don't.
Use sysctl.
We're trying to get rid of kvm grovelers when we can. They cause
serious security issues.
Perry
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