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Date:      Tue, 2 Feb 2010 11:49:06 +0100
From:      Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
To:        VANHULLEBUS Yvan <vanhu@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        ports@freebsd.org, Vinicius Abrahao <vinnix.bsd@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: <utmp.h> gone. All welcome <utmpx.h>.
Message-ID:  <20100202104906.GO77705@hoeg.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20100202104426.GA82116@zeninc.net>
References:  <Ubi2Xd2NV2@dmeyer.dinoex.sub.org> <20100126200537.GJ77705@hoeg.nl> <20100127105212.23f15f50@ernst.jennejohn.org> <1e31c7981002011117p225d3447h43d3b3c7796c94e2@mail.gmail.com> <20100202104426.GA82116@zeninc.net>

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Hello Yvan,

* VANHULLEBUS Yvan <vanhu@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> We're working on this, but as we have now to work with both utmp.h and=20
> utmpx.h (at least for FreeBSD releases and FreeBSD CURRENT), we're
> trying to find a clean way to solve the issue.

I think the cleanest solution would be to split them off completely.
Most projects do things like:

#define utmp utmpx

but this really makes the code harder to interpret. Just moving all the
utmp stuff into a small set of routines that you port per operating
system is probably the best way to go.

Greetings,
--=20
 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>
 WWW: http://80386.nl/

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