Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:41:06 -0700 From: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> To: Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include string.h src/lib/libc/string Makefile.inc memchr.3 memrchr.c src/sys/sys param.h Message-ID: <483C7FF2.6000607@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <200805272004.m4RK4SZt029194@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200805272004.m4RK4SZt029194@repoman.freebsd.org>
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Xin LI wrote: > delphij 2008-05-27 20:04:27 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_6) > include string.h > lib/libc/string Makefile.inc memchr.3 > sys/sys param.h > Added files: (Branch: RELENG_6) > lib/libc/string memrchr.c > Log: > MFC: Add memrchr(3). I think this is not very good idea to MFC that into stable releases 6.x and 7.x. The reason is that configure scripts for some packages might detect up this API and enable it. Which means that some binary-only packages build for say 6.4 won't work on 6.3 and down. AFAIK, both forward and backward compatibility is required (or at least desired?) for stable branches. While it's "nice-to-have" feature, I see no pressing need to MFC this interface. -Maxim
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