freebsd-src/libexec/Makefile
Ed Schouten 2208eadf43 Add a new library: libulog.
One of the things I really want to do, is to get rid of the limitations
of our current utmp(5) mechanism:

- It only allows 8 byte TTY device names.
- The hostname only allows 16 bytes of storage.

I'm not a big fan of <utmpx.h>, but I think we should at least try to
add parts of it. Unfortunately we cannot implement <utmpx.h>, because we
miss various fields, such as ut_id, ut_pid, etc. The API provided by
libulog shares some similarities with <utmpx.h>, so it shouldn't be too
hard to port these applications eventually. In most simple cases, it
should just be a matter of removing the ulog_ prefix everywhere.

As a bonus, it also implements a function called ulog_login_pseudo(),
which allows unprivileged applications to write log entries, provided
they have a valid file descriptor to a pseudo-terminal master device.

libulog will allow a smoother transition to a new file format by adding
a library interface to deal with utmp/wtmp/lastlog files. I initially
thought about adding the functionality to libutil, but because I'm not
planning on keeping this library around forever, we'd better keep it
separated.

Next items on the todo list:

1. Port applications in the base system (and ports) to libulog, instead
   of letting them use <utmp.h>.
2. Remove <utmp.h>, implement <utmpx.h> and reimplement this library on
   top.
3. Port as many applications as possible back to <utmpx.h>.
2009-12-03 15:48:24 +00:00

75 lines
988 B
Makefile

# @(#)Makefile 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93
# $FreeBSD$
.include <bsd.own.mk>
SUBDIR= ${_atrun} \
bootpd \
${_comsat} \
fingerd \
ftpd \
getty \
${_mail.local} \
${_mknetid} \
${_pppoed} \
rbootd \
revnetgroup \
${_rlogind} \
rpc.rquotad \
rpc.rstatd \
rpc.rusersd \
rpc.rwalld \
rpc.sprayd \
${_rshd} \
${_rtld-elf} \
save-entropy \
${_smrsh} \
talkd \
tcpd \
${_telnetd} \
tftpd \
${_tftp-proxy} \
ulog-helper \
${_ypxfr}
.if ${MK_AT} != "no"
_atrun= atrun
.endif
.if ${MK_MAIL} != "no"
_comsat= comsat
.endif
.if ${MK_NIS} != "no"
_mknetid= mknetid
_ypxfr= ypxfr
.endif
.if ${MK_NETGRAPH} != "no"
_pppoed= pppoed
.endif
.if ${MK_PF} != "no"
_tftp-proxy= tftp-proxy
.endif
.if !defined(NO_PIC) && !defined(NO_RTLD)
_rtld-elf= rtld-elf
.endif
.if ${MK_RCMDS} != "no"
_rlogind= rlogind
_rshd= rshd
.endif
.if ${MK_SENDMAIL} != "no"
_mail.local= mail.local
_smrsh= smrsh
.endif
.if ${MK_TELNET} != "no"
_telnetd= telnetd
.endif
.include <bsd.subdir.mk>