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Date:      Sun, 26 Mar 2000 01:57:08 -0500
From:      Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
To:        Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com>
Cc:        Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/miscfs/linprocfs linprocfs_misc.c
Message-ID:  <20000326015708.S25438@jade.chc-chimes.com>
In-Reply-To: <20000326003014.D18325@holly.calldei.com>; from chris@calldei.com on Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 12:30:14AM -0600
References:  <200003251941.LAA67435@freefall.freebsd.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003260052580.15890-100000@green.dyndns.org> <20000326003014.D18325@holly.calldei.com>

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On Sun, Mar 26, 2000 at 12:30:14AM -0600, Chris Costello wrote:

> > solution?   Right now, I just don't see the good in linprocfs.
> 
>    I really think this should be a part of the Linux emulator if
> anything.  This just seems like we're only encouraging the use of
> bad interfaces.

I think the point of having this "bad interface" in our tree is to open up the
doors to software written by linuxcentric and/or unintelligent programmers who
write nonportable code.

Sometimes we can get around this by porting their code, sometimes we can't
(read: binary only software).

Just my perspective.

-- 
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect
Computer Horizons Corp - CVM
e-mail: billf@chc-chimes.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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