Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2016 18:04:31 -0800 From: Conrad Meyer <cem@freebsd.org> To: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> Cc: src-committers <src-committers@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, "svn-src-head@freebsd.org" <svn-src-head@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r310138 - head/lib/libc/stdio Message-ID: <CAG6CVpUoUa=LkqWvSovLXkfGhOQ0FLxrbHKwVh%2B0BCgHjYz0qg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ-Vmomfa11mACJS=4pV3H-usd8LvOSC9PY=Q%2BiioFhdAUXuUg@mail.gmail.com> References: <201612160144.uBG1ipjW016736@repo.freebsd.org> <CANCZdfrNu0=qPuMX8SA2H-MUXGb5rei06_dQg9XGp-Miu3Xsfg@mail.gmail.com> <e2056221-26ad-5108-3385-865abff12d78@FreeBSD.org> <49460793.UcUNovQMDa@ralph.baldwin.cx> <CAJ-Vmone4dyiDdmtppzZEGW=rKGW9CkRWGvFbQb5D3bkyiSs9A@mail.gmail.com> <CAG6CVpUBejZQbMEnhq3wp5b-hHy9jhoXY256n1uzHCO4dUD=Cw@mail.gmail.com> <1482281779.48539.41.camel@freebsd.org> <CAJ-Vmomfa11mACJS=4pV3H-usd8LvOSC9PY=Q%2BiioFhdAUXuUg@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Adrian,
On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here's my reason for removal.
>
> Plenty of us are looking to be able to build bits of the BSD source
> tree as part of other non FreeBSD systems, especially if they're
> involved in bootstrapping.
Understood, however:
> That means that it needs to be compilable
> by a non-FreeBSD-modified compiler. Ideally this means we'd stick to
> mostly POSIX options source code that we can compile with unmodified
> compilers, and we push non-standard stuff into otherly-named
> functions.
Yeah, this isn't actually a problem. printf("%b", foo) compiles fine
with non-modified compilers.
Best,
Conrad
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