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In message <425D302C.1060006@samsco.org>, Scott Long writes:

>> The user can disable it by adding a line in libmap.conf so let us
> not invent more handles to tweak but point the user at the right
>> one.
>> 
>
>Well, the worry is that there are legacy apps out there that rely on
>features/bugs only found in libc_r, therefore the user can't just
>switch.

They'll have two years to find out if they start looking now.

The more weird handles we add for people to tweak the worse FreeBSD
becomes as a result.

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