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Date:      Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:00:29 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: /sys hierarchy
Message-ID:  <200007051800.LAA38193@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000705132519.28854D-100000@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000705132519.28854D-100000@fledge.watson.org>

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In article <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1000705132519.28854D-100000@fledge.watson.org>,
Robert Watson  <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jul 2000, John Baldwin wrote:
> 
> > The headers will always be installed in the right place in
> > /usr/include: Makefile's are editable.  As far as kernel
> > compiles, symlinks can be created in the work directory as
> > one possible solution.  For example,
> > sys/compile/i386/GENERIC/netinet -> ../../../../net/inet.
> > This would most likely result in netinet _not_ being split
> > up.
> 
> As much as I'd love a complete cleanup of sys/, this cure seems to be
> worse than the problem. :-)  Take this as another vote to leave net/ as
> is, if only to keep the includes in kernel code in sync with includes in
> userland code :-).

I agree with Robert.  Leave the network stuff where it is.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa



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