Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:41:42 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/32760: Please MFC /usr/include/malloc.h to -STABLE. Message-ID: <20011212114141.A23312@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <200112121930.fBCJU4R56948@freefall.freebsd.org>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:30:04AM -0800 References: <200112121930.fBCJU4R56948@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:30:04AM -0800, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:10:48 EST, Alan E wrote: > > > /usr/include/malloc.h on CURRENT generates an error using #error. > > /usr/include/malloc.h on STABLE only generates a #warning. > > > > This means that things (like KDE) will build in STABLE and then people try > > to build the released ports on CURRENT and get bit by this. > > > > If malloc.h were MFC'd, then we'd catch all of this stuff up front, rather > > than after releasing new ports to the world. > > The problem with merging the change onto the stable branch is that it's > a serious change of interface in the middle of the lifetime of a major > release (4.x). > > Sure, POSIX-conformant software should look for the prototype in the > right place, but we try quite hard to keep point release upgrades as > painless as possible. I'm split on this one. On one hand, the warning clearly didn't cut it given that it was in place for ~7 years. On the other hand, I shudder at the thought of making this change to -STABLE. If there's a way to make malloc.h optionaly fatel that would be a good first step since we could strongly encourage porters to enable that and perhaps enable it on bento for good measure. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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