Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 23:00:14 +0000 From: Alexander Best <arundel@freebsd.org> To: Ed Maste <emaste@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r215269 - head/lib/libc_r Message-ID: <20101113230014.GA22288@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20101113224031.GA20786@sandvine.com> References: <201011132222.oADMMIav061884@svn.freebsd.org> <20101113224031.GA20786@sandvine.com>
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On Sat Nov 13 10, Ed Maste wrote: > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 10:22:18PM +0000, Ed Maste wrote: > > > Log: > > Remove libc_r threading library. It has been disconnected from the build > > for four years (since r162846). > > It has been suggested that there's some value in keeping libc_r around > for comparison purposes and benchmarking -- sorry if I ripped it out > from anyone who was planning to do so. Of course it's still available > in svn if needed for such work. just stumbled over this thread from 2005: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/arch/2005-10/0060.html however even back then it was decided that libc_r should stay for a while, but not forever. ...also a few people suggested moving it to ports, but for some reason that didn't happen. so i doubt that the removal of libc_r is a big loss to the majority of developers. ;) cheers. alex > > -Ed -- a13x
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