Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:44:08 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: David Schultz <das@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man3 Makefile src/lib/libc/alpha/gen Makefile.inc fpsetsticky.c src/lib/libc/amd64/gen Makefile.inc fpsetsticky.c src/lib/libc/powerpc/gen Makefile.inc fpsetsticky.c src/lib/libc/softfloat Makefile.inc src/lib/libc/sparc64/gen ... Message-ID: <20050316134243.M69441@delplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <200503151553.j2FFrdeF075515@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200503151553.j2FFrdeF075515@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, David Schultz wrote: > ... > Log: > Remove fpsetsticky(). This was added for SysV compatibility, but due > to mistakes from day 1, it has always had semantics inconsistent with > SVR4 and its successors. In particular, given argument M: > ... > There is no way to fix fpsetsticky() to DTRT for both old FreeBSD apps > and apps ported from other operating systems, so the best approach > seems to be to kill the function and fix any apps that break. I > ... > PR: 75862 > Suggested by: bde Thanks. Bruce
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