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Date:      Sat, 10 Jan 1998 14:03:50 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Alex Nash <nash@mcs.net>
Cc:        kong@kkk.ml.org, current@FreeBSD.ORG, aryder@bestweb.net, asami@cs.berkeley.edu
Subject:   Re: Making world today
Message-ID:  <XFMail.980110140350.shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
In-Reply-To: <199801101623.KAA07209@nash.pr.mcs.net>

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On 10-Jan-98 Alex Nash wrote:
> On 10 Jan, Satoshi Asami wrote:
>>  * From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
>> 
>>  * Classic case of deadlocked update.  This build depends on new headers
>>  which
>>  * are only installed after a successful build which installs the
>>  headers
>>  * needed for a successfull build.  There are numerous such failures.  I
>>  postd
>> 
>> That is not supposed to happen.  Which file are you talking about, and 
>> when is it installed vs. when is it needed?
> 
> If we're referring to the libalias breakage, the story is as follows:
> on the 7th, I modified ipfw to use 64-bit packet and byte counters. 
> This required an interface change, and unfortunately, required moving
> two elements of the structure into a union so that we could fit under
> the 108 byte setsockopt() limit.  On the 9th, eivind committed libalias
> changes which used the old interface.  This was just unfortunate timing.

Seems that way.  Maybe we should start thinking about how to eliminate
these slips.  We are gaining a reputation lately.

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Sincerely Yours, 

Simon Shapiro
Shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG                      Voice:   503.799.2313



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