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Date:      Sun, 25 Sep 2016 17:20:28 -0700
From:      Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org>
To:        Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
Cc:        svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org,  src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r306325 - head/usr.bin/mkimg
Message-ID:  <CAG6CVpXwutEi=pAnMJ9O_ueVFBMEnCSk3brBv81q%2BCFSkXBGZA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <etPan.57e86730.3d86fbe3.c411@xcllnt.net>
References:  <201609252257.u8PMvxUx047428@repo.freebsd.org> <CAG6CVpWSKH9683qiC4PDnuxa43rf2R8k_CoR41uOn11Bonh7gQ@mail.gmail.com> <etPan.57e86730.3d86fbe3.c411@xcllnt.net>

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On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> wrote=
:
> On September 25, 2016 at 4:52:17 PM, Conrad Meyer (cem@freebsd.org) wrote=
:
>
> > What's the motivation for this? This seems worse.
>
> Portability.  We need mkimg to compile on other OSes besides FreeBSD.  In
> particular, macOS and Linux.  It=E2=80=99s ok that constructors are not 1=
00%
> portable=E2=80=A6

That makes sense, thanks.  It would be good to include that motivation
in the commit message, then I don't ask stupid questions like this.
:-)

Best,
Conrad



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