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Date:      Sun, 13 May 2007 16:01:57 +0100 (BST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/net ether_addr.c ethers.3
Message-ID:  <20070513160127.U24765@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0705131018560.12134@sea.ntplx.net>
References:  <200705131357.l4DDvjJ0064578@repoman.freebsd.org> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0705131018560.12134@sea.ntplx.net>

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On Sun, 13 May 2007, Daniel Eischen wrote:

> On Sun, 13 May 2007, Robert Watson wrote:
>
>> rwatson     2007-05-13 13:57:45 UTC
>>
>>  FreeBSD src repository
>>
>>  Modified files:
>>    lib/libc/net         ether_addr.c ethers.3
>>  Log:
>>  Add and document ether_ntoa_r() and ether_aton_r() functions, which accept
>>  passed storage buffers rather than using static storage.  Reimplement
>>  ether_ntoa() and ether_aton() in terms of these functions.  These variants
>>  are thread-safe.
>
> If these are indeed new functions, then they are now invisible to consumers 
> other than libc.
>
> Hint: see libc/net/Symbol.map

Indeed -- it turns out I was working against a libc source from about a week 
ago on a -CURRENT box from a week ago.  Fixed, thanks!

Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge



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