Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:55:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Wesley Morgan <morganw@chemikals.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Divacky Roman <xdivac02@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>, current@freebsd.org, Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: HEADS-UP: removed COMPAT_43 from GENERIC (and other configs) Message-ID: <20060618065504.U94454@volatile.chemikals.org> In-Reply-To: <74895.1150621318@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <74895.1150621318@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <20060618084016.GA44510@stud.fit.vutbr.cz>, Divacky Roman writes: > >> well.. you can never be sure but my point stands still - COMPAT_43TTY is >> basically a bunch of tty-related ioctls so I dont see why apps like (gtar which >> doesnt touch tty at all) should fail.. > > I guess you didn't get the memo (attached). > > Poul-Henning > > > Welcome to the wonderful world of AutoCrap[tm]! > > By applying an ill-advised methodology developed by inferior minds > in the 1980ies to deal with incompatible operating systems from > narrowminded vendors, AutoCrap[tm] is guaranteed to turn even > the most portable source code into a unportable mess. > > AutoCrap[tm] employs a plethora of checks for features no longer > in existence on any running operating system, even if your software > package does not actually come close to using that feature. > > By turning all AutoCrap[tm] infected sortware packages into totally > unreadable messes of #ifdefs, AutoCrap[tm] will seem like the only > feasible way to write portable code. > > Upon seeing AutoCrap[tm] for the first time 99 out of 100 users > or programmers out there will cry out in despair "This portability > thing looks SOOO hard, thank goodness for AutoCrap[tm]" > > AutoCrap[tm] sports an infection of options which nobody, including > the AutoCrap[tm] developers, can give any good reason why you > might want to apply, but even so, these options provide the 100% > sure defence: "You just need to set the right options" against > any people in a fit of insight or even actually wisdom might > claim that AutoCrap[tm] actually decreases software portability. > > > AutoCrap[tm] -- because we otherwise anybody could port software! Very funny! Now tell us how you feel about libtool. -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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