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Date:      Wed, 15 Feb 2017 08:26:35 +0000
From:      "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        mokhi <mokhi64@gmail.com>, current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: removing SVR4 binary compatibilty layer
Message-ID:  <76856.1487147195@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20170215081430.GC58829@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20170214183232.GB58829@FreeBSD.org> <CAByVWPVSN3N4mTArgSO%2BJyVUttazJ3BG-VFgvzY5oHqT%2BxqeUg@mail.gmail.com> <20170215081430.GC58829@FreeBSD.org>

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In message <20170215081430.GC58829@FreeBSD.org>, Gleb Smirnoff writes:

>Well, we all "maintain" it, meaning that we keep it compilable. However,
>I'm sure that no one checks the functionality. There are no regression
>tests, and seems to be no users.

And probably nobody ever bothered to check the code comprehensively
for security risks...

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