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Date:      Mon, 3 Jun 2002 16:25:09 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Removing wait union
Message-ID:  <20020603162508.A34224@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020603011903.Y2566-100000@gamplex.bde.org>; from bde@zeta.org.au on Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 01:22:14AM %2B1000
References:  <20020602010108.B16166@espresso.q9media.com> <20020603011903.Y2566-100000@gamplex.bde.org>

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On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 01:22:14AM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Mike Barcroft wrote:
>=20
> > Does anyone have any objections to removing the deprecated 4.2/4.3BSD
> > wait union in <sys/wait.h>?  It's been deprecating since Rev 1.1 and
> > there are only a few consumers in the base system.  Attached are two
> > patches, one to removing it from <sys/wait.h> and the other to remove
> > its consumers.  Changes to lpd(8) sent directly to its maintainer.
>=20
> I think the only potential problem is use of the compatibility cruft
> in deprecware outside the base system.  It would be useful to have a
> quick way to determine how many ports a change in a standard header
> affects.

I'm always happy to test proposed patches on the ports cluster.

Kris

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