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Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes:
> The main problem with the commit is not mentioned in its log message:
> changing bzero from a function pointer back to a function breaks
> binary compatibility of many modules.

I am aware of that...

>                                        In defence of this, 5.0 breaks
> binary compatibility of most modules for other reasons.

which is precisely why I took the liberty of doing it now, before 5.x
goes -STABLE.

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