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Date:      Mon, 3 Jun 2002 01:22:14 +1000 (EST)
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Removing wait union
Message-ID:  <20020603011903.Y2566-100000@gamplex.bde.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020602010108.B16166@espresso.q9media.com>

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On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Mike Barcroft wrote:

> Does anyone have any objections to removing the deprecated 4.2/4.3BSD
> wait union in <sys/wait.h>?  It's been deprecating since Rev 1.1 and
> there are only a few consumers in the base system.  Attached are two
> patches, one to removing it from <sys/wait.h> and the other to remove
> its consumers.  Changes to lpd(8) sent directly to its maintainer.

I think the only potential problem is use of the compatibility cruft
in deprecware outside the base system.  It would be useful to have a
quick way to determine how many ports a change in a standard header
affects.

Bruce


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