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Date:      25 Mar 2000 22:56:40 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Will Andrews <andrews@TECHNOLOGIST.COM>, Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, vns@delta.odessa.ua, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: linprocfs and vmware
Message-ID:  <xzpzormu31j.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: Kris Kennaway's message of "Sat, 25 Mar 2000 13:24:51 -0800 (PST)"
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003251323410.84252-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> I think DES should bump __FreeBSD_version. We're hardly going to run out
> of namespace over the course of 4.0 or 5.0, and it would make detection
> much easier.

But less accurate. What about 3.x users who build and install
linprocfs because they want to run vmware without upgrading?

Checking for the existence of the module is simple enough, and much
more accurate than checking the OS version.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no


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