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Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 20:02:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Mike Heffner <mheffner@vt.edu>
To: Peter Pentchev <roam@ringlet.net>
Subject: Re: glob(3) in -STABLE: PR bin/42275
Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>,
	Mike Heffner <mikeh@FreeBSD.org>,
	Garrett Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>,
	"Chris S.J.Peron" <maneo@bsdpro.com>, standards@FreeBSD.org
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On 06-Sep-2002 Peter Pentchev wrote:
| 
|#2 - MFC the POSIX-compatible glob(3) in full.
| Pros: full POSIX compatibility in STABLE, proper GLOB_NOMATCH handling.
| Cons: API and ABI breakage for both the glob(3) error codes and general
| behavior; in addition, the MFC itself might not be quite trivial, what
| with the conditional preprocessor definitions.
| 


I would like to go with this option, as I'm sure the problem will come up
again with different programs. However, the lack of the POSIX preprocessor
conditionals in STABLE was currently preventing me. I would like to know
the opinion of those more involved with POSIX conformance. Will the
preprocessor conditionals be MFC'd anytime soon? Or should I MFC the
changes but strip out the conditionals from glob.h?


Thanks,


Mike

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  Mike Heffner       <mheffner@[acm.]vt.edu>
                         <mikeh@FreeBSD.org>


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