On Feb 21, 4:49am, Emmanuel Dreyfus wrote:
} Joerg Sonnenberger <jo...@britannica.bec.de> wrote:
}
} > Yes, that's the stupid HP interface. Look at libexecinfo/unwind.c how
} > the same can be done with the (much more) portable Itanium ABI.
}
} But a function like _Unwind_GetIP() is private. Do you suggest I should
} modify the package to export it?
}
} Moreover, I can agree an interface can be stupid, but if it is used, it
} is a good idea to support it. Failing to do so means that people porting
This statement is total nonsense. We should NOT be supporting
every garbage interface that shows up.
} software to NetBSD must always reinvent the wheel, which is a loss of
} time and an opportunity to introduce bugs.
The package author shouldn't be using garbage interfaces and
should stick with portable ones.
}-- End of excerpt from Emmanuel Dreyfus
