Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 23:32:55 +0100 From: phk@FreeBSD.ORG To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setattr() syscall as proposed by phk Message-ID: <94643.1039991575@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 15 Dec 2002 14:24:31 PST." <200212152224.gBFMOVAG098468@apollo.backplane.com>
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In message <200212152224.gBFMOVAG098468@apollo.backplane.com>, Matthew Dillon w rites: > And, I will also add, in regards to using the stat structure for > setattr(), that it creates a serious portability problem as well as > a serious forward and reverse compatibility problem. Which fields > in the stat structure are going to be ignored by the syscall and > which are not? You don't know and there is no way to tell. This email could have been avoided if you had examined the background information and/or the patch. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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