Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 02:09:31 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> To: David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern uipc_syscalls.c Message-ID: <20020624090931.GR53232@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020624011200.A6982@nexus.root.com> References: <200206240642.g5O6gM327387@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020624011200.A6982@nexus.root.com>
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* David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com> [020624 01:52] wrote: > >alfred 2002/06/23 23:42:22 PDT > > > > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > > sys/kern uipc_syscalls.c > > Log: > > Fix sendfile bug where headers counted against amount of file to be sent. > > MFC: 1.103 > > Uh, don't you think this really needs some binary compatibility goo as > well since without that this will break binaries that rely on the broken > behavior? That was the point I raised with you when you initially wanted to MFC it, since niether of us has the time and to paraphrase what you said "very few consumers exist" I figured getting the correct thing backported was more important. FreeBSD version has been bumped, and I don't know of anyone other than the Apache people that actually know and have a workaround for the bug. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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