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Date:      Thu, 7 Nov 2002 12:02:49 -0800
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>
To:        "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Simple patch to make __sF suck less on -stable
Message-ID:  <20021107200249.GC39178@elvis.mu.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021107.115936.40770874.imp@bsdimp.com>
References:  <20021107.115936.40770874.imp@bsdimp.com>

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* M. Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> [021107 11:00] wrote:
> http://people.freebsd.org/~imp/sf-patch
> 
> This causes stable to generate __std{in,out,err}p references in
> preference to __sF.  If you rebuild with this patch, then you'll not
> have __sF references in your libraries.  This will allow new us to
> share 4.x and 5.x libraries w/o the need for a gnarly version bump of
> everything, provided we don't change the sizeof FILE in a released
> version before 6.0.

The whole idea was to allow struct file to change in 5.0. :(

-- 
-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.'

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