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Date:      Tue, 6 Aug 2002 14:39:52 -0700
From:      Bill Huey (Hui) <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org>
To:        freebsd@spatula.net
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com, "Bill Huey (Hui)" <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org>
Subject:   Re: backporting libc_r changes
Message-ID:  <20020806213952.GA2381@gnuppy.monkey.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10208061521050.27161-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
References:  <20020802101552.Y62438-100000@turing.morons.org> <Pine.GSO.4.10.10208061521050.27161-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>

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Hey Nick,

On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 03:30:13PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> It's not _that_ difficult for someone who understands the
> code and the differences.  I wish I had time but I'm working
> on the KSE stuff.  If I did have the time, I'd try to change
> -current so that it would work in -stable with just a couple
> of #ifdefs.
> 
> Notable differences between -current and -stable:
> 
>   o system calls are _thread_sys_* in -stable and
>     __sys_* in -current.  The threads library could
>     always use __SYS_* or something and conditionally
>     define these to be the right thing depending on
>     whether it was -stable or -current.

It's just like in that private mail I wrote to you a while back when you
asked that same question to me. Did you think I was lying or something 
like that ? ;)

>   o -current doesn't include libc, so there may be
>     some differences due to that (cancellation
>     points and weak definitions might have to be
>     changed/removed for -stable).

Sound like it's much the same stuff. :)

bill


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