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Date:      Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:13:48 +0200
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org>,  src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/games/fortune/strfile strfile.c
Message-ID:  <489B81AC.8090508@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20080807230532.GA42775@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <200808072136.m77LaO92026239@repoman.freebsd.org> <489B797F.7020101@FreeBSD.org> <20080807230532.GA42775@nagual.pp.ru>

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Andrey Chernov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2008 at 12:38:55AM +0200, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> Is that the right solution?  If someone is bootstrapping from an old 
>> kernel (e.g. 7.0) then installworld will install a strfile without your 
>> change.  
> 
> No, this is bootstrap tool, so it is rebuilded twice, once without change 
> and installed immediately in the temp location 'legacy' and next time with 
> (installed on 'installworld' stage).
 >
>> If someone is bootstrapping from a new kernel (but before they 
>> built the new world) then it will fail to link still.
> 
> How new kernel may affect userland here? arc4random_uniform() is not 
> sysctl, just function.
> 
> In case I mess something, please point me to.

I might have been confused about where __FreeBSD_version comes from.  I 
guess it's OK since the first will come from the host copy of 
osreldate.h and the second from the new version.

Kris


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