Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2002 18:13:00 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: ataraxia@cox.net, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [PATCH] note the __sF change in src/UPDATING Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10211081806220.10745-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20021108.142609.112624839.imp@bsdimp.com>
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, M. Warner Losh wrote: > In message: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10211081205020.27766-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> > Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> writes: > : All the ports are going to be rebuilt for the release anyways, > : so this doesn't affect fresh installs, correct? It is only a > : problem when mixing older 4.x and 5.0 libraries/binaries with > : __sF-free libc (if I understand things correctly). > > The problem is that you cannot have 4.x packages and 5.x packages > co-mingled on the same system. that's what I'm trying to fix. You'd > have to rebuild the 4.x packages before they are fixed. I don't think this is a show-stopper. Just recompile all your ports or use the pre-built 5.0 packages. > : This is 5.0; it is a major release and there will be some flies > : in the ointment. I say bite the bullet now -- don't wait. > : If we want to provide an optional compatability hack to libc > : so that folks can compile it with __sF support, then I think > : that is better than leaving __sF in the release, perhaps > : with a mktemp(3)-like warning if possible (?). > > You'd need a run-time warning for this to be effective. I'm not sure > that ld.so can do this right now. Could you put __sF in it's own file, and put the error in a .init section? We don't care about static binaries, right? They shouldn't have a problem. > This is not a fly in the pointment, but rather a major incompatibility > that makes it impossible to have a reasonable mix. If it's really a hassle for folks, then just provide the optional compatability hack and make them rebuild libc. Or provide a pre-built version that doesn't get installed by default. -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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