Re: HEADS UP: sigset_t changes committed

[Richard Wackerbarth]

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Garrett Wollman wrote:
> <<On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:17:48 -0400, Jim Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> 
> > I believe this must be fixed.
> 
> There is no way it can be ``fixed''.  That's Just The Way It Is.  I'm
> sorry that you're having a problem with this.  Nobody ever said
> keeping -current would be easy.

I have to agree with Rod that we need to fix the tools so that there is a
transition. IMHO, it is unacceptable to expect EVERYONE to "jump" to the new
scheme by installing a new kernel.

There is nothing fundamental in the toolset which SHOULD care about the
underlying kernel. Compilers, loaders, etc. are just programs that operate on
the contents of files. Think of compiling the 4.0 system on a 3.3 system as a
simpler case of cross compiling. I should be able to compile FreeBSD 4.0/alpha
on a FreeBSD 3.3/i386 system.

Someone compiled the new system on an old one. The tools that they used should
be available as a "compatability" tool to make the transition.


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