hi,
> YAMAMOTO Takashi <y...@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote:
>
>> > We will need some macro to discover what API is available: FreeBSD-line
>> > in 5.x and Linux-like in 6.0.
>> i was assuming we have no releases on which the freebsd-style API is
>> actually usable. it it wrong?
>
> Yes, you are right.
>
> I committed code in glusterfs that used it, but it is #ifndef
> HAVE_SYS_XATTR_H, therefore that will automatically revert to
> Linux-style API when <sys/xattr.h> is availale.
>
> Therefore we have no problem.
then i'd propose:
1. convert in-tree users to linux-style syscalls.
in-tree users: src/usr.bin/extattr and libarchive?
2. disable freebsd-style syscalls. but leave VOPs and filesystems
as is for now.
3. disable freebsd-style syscalls and in-tree users for netbsd-5.
is it ok for you?
YAMAMOTO Takashi
>
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