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Date:      Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:16:25 -0500
From:      Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.hda.com>
To:        Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
Cc:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, standards@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Garrett's POSIX versions patch for review
Message-ID:  <20020320161625.A5344@hda.hda.com>
In-Reply-To: <200203181926.g2IJQEo33811@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@lcs.mit.edu on Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:26:14PM -0500
References:  <20020226.224449.28794535.imp@village.org> <20020227184645.K47808-100000@gamplex.bde.org> <20020227144359.R31007@espresso.q9media.com> <20020318021728.D56122@espresso.q9media.com> <200203181926.g2IJQEo33811@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 02:26:14PM -0500, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 02:17:28 -0500, Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> said:
> 
> > Does _KPOSIX_VERSION have any use as a kernel option?
> 
> I think it's bogus.  Ask Peter Dufault what the intent was.

It was to build the kernel with newer interfaces and test them
by occasionally setting user-space _POSIX_VERSION into the "future",
leaving _POSIX_VERSION at the release.  It seemed like a good idea
at the time, as bumping _POSIX_VERSION in general seemed
likely to autoconf in things you don't expect.

Peter

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Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com)   Realtime development, Machine control,
HD Associates, Inc.               Fail-Safe systems, Agency approval

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