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Date:      Tue, 08 Jul 1997 01:38:08 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: no SYSVSHM in GENERIC now.. 
Message-ID:  <24626.868351088@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 08 Jul 1997 09:14:50 %2B0200." <19970708091450.QL25215@uriah.heep.sax.de> 

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> ...where jkh added them.  jkh seems to operate a lot on forgotten
> branches, and afterwards wonders why the bits didn't wander into the
> HEAD theirselves. :)

Yeah yeah, well.  What can I say? :)

> But Jordan, don't add SYSVMSG, almost nobody uses them.  They are
> really non-generic in a world that can use sockets to pass messages.
> (I know that there are differences, but nevertheless, they are not in
> wide use.)
> 
> Even SYSVSEM is arguable, i think the only `canned' application that
> uses them is PEX.  (Who uses PEX, anyway? :)

I was thinking actually of just SYSVSHM so I don't have to see the
X server whining all the time (or hear people reporting this).

					Jordan



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