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To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>
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Subject: Re: Removing wait union
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On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Mike Barcroft wrote:

> 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.

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.

Bruce


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