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Date:      Mon, 16 Mar 1998 09:00:07 -0700 (MST)
From:      Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net>
To:        Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>
Cc:        joelh@gnu.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Ari Suutari <suutari@iki.fi>, Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
Subject:   Re: Odd libalias problem - resolved
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980316084741.5770B-100000@darkstar.home>
In-Reply-To: <19980316134906.22804@follo.net>

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> * Change the return values for libalias (this require the cooperation
>   of Charles Mott, the architect for libalias).
> 
> As the err() solution seems to be causing regular problems, I'd be
> happy to change it - it was probably a bad choice from my side from
> the start.  I'd like to change the return values, but that mean that
> they suddenly gain significance - which should really cause a major
> number bump.  This again is bad for -stable...
> 
> Eivind.

I can't quite follow what is going on here.  If you add a return value and
leave the others the same, possibly the major version could be left the
same.  There are only two programs, natd and ppp which use the library, so
compatibility could be checked fairly easily.

As far as what to do, I leave it to the best judgment of Eivind and Brian
(and Ari if he has an opinion on the matter), all of whom are more
experienced programmers than I am.

Charles Mott


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