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Date:      Fri, 03 Aug 2001 05:19:26 -0700
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To:        Jeff Palmer <scorpio@drkshdw.org>
Cc:        stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Small error in LINT 
Message-ID:  <20010803121931.7F23E3E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010803072224.X95653-100000@jeff.isni.net>; from scorpio@drkshdw.org on "Fri, 3 Aug 2001 07:44:24 -0400 (EDT)"

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Jeff Palmer <scorpio@drkshdw.org> writes:
> This is probably a mostly unimportant observation.
> 
> In LINT  we see:
> # Allow user-mode programs to manipulate their local descriptor tables.
> # This option is required for the WINE Windows(tm) emulator, and is
> # not used by anything else (that we know of).
> #
> options         USER_LDT                #allow user-level control of i386 ldt
> 
> 
> The error is "and is not used by anyhting else (that we know of)."
> avifile  (in ports) also uses USER_LDT
> xmovie   (also in ports) uses it as well
> 
> interesting to note,  both are graphics utilities for watching video
> playback.

I fixed this 3 months ago.

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