Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:54:07 -0500 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: source upgrading: bootstrap library Message-ID: <3A084FCF.5183DEE9@cup.hp.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011072223001.3041-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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Bruce Evans wrote: > > > I tend to favor the latter and plan to implement it. Let me know if you > > have any objections, alternatives, additions or questions. > > I think I prefer to handle each case separately, at least at first. Can you elaborate? > There is also a problem with header files. E.g., the current mtree can't > be compiled under FreeBSD-2.1.5, because the members of struct timespec > were didn't have the braindamaged standard spelling in 2.1.5. Does this only occur on pre-2.2 systems? If so, I suggest to delay the issue (or ignore it completely) until after we can upgrade from at least 2.2.5. Any older versions have the make problem and I think that makes a nice barrier. -- Marcel Moolenaar mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org tel: (408) 447-4222 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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