Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 13:18:04 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@dtir.qld.gov.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Stephen McKay <mckay@FreeBSD.ORG>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-libexec@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/libexec/rtld-aout rtld.c Message-ID: <199806220318.NAA11748@nymph.dtir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <199806211824.MAA16738@mt.sri.com> from Nate Williams at "Sun, 21 Jun 1998 12:24:27 -0600" References: <199806211422.HAA25239@freefall.freebsd.org> <199806211824.MAA16738@mt.sri.com>
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On Sunday, 21st June 1998, Nate Williams wrote: >> mckay 1998/06/21 07:22:31 PDT >> >> Modified files: >> libexec/rtld-aout rtld.c >> Log: >> Since I got no objections to this patch >I thought there was wide-spread objections to this patch based on the >fact that this 'hack' must continually be in FreeBSD from here til >eternity, thus slowing down the loader as well as being a poor solution. > >IMHO, it should be backed out, as the 'error' errors will end up being a >non-problem when the ELF switch-over is done. I got no replies to the public airing of this patch in -current. I know some people object, but they would not support any of the alternative options. I am happy to back out this patch the moment a workable alternative is in place. It is carefully designed to be instantly removable. It also has no performance impact on executables that are linked with a libc that supplies __error. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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