Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:29:38 -0400 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, peter@freebsd.org Cc: Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Removal of the 6.x kernel compat code from libc Message-ID: <3447437.tTGu6eNHtf@ralph.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <20150417075942.GI2390@kib.kiev.ua> References: <20150417075942.GI2390@kib.kiev.ua>
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On Friday, April 17, 2015 10:59:42 AM Konstantin Belousov wrote: > Our libc changes in sync with the kernel, but switching of libc to use > new interfaces means that upgrade of the userspace becomes the flag day. > People usually add backward-compatible shims for libc to use older > interfaces on old kernels. > > There is no reason to keep the compat shims after many years of the > transition. Patch below purges the compat code for pre-r171219, which > added pad-less versions of syscalls taking off_t, and for r177911, which > handles the struct flock/oflock transition. This is 6.x/7.x compat, > we absolutely not support running HEAD libc on such old kernels. I think this is fine. -- John Baldwin
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