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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Just a note that libkvm/ps/etc need to be recompiled
To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert)
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 07:43:55 -0500 (EST)
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In-Reply-To: <199607312002.NAA02651@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Jul 31, 96 01:02:18 pm
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> 
> Either way, you'd need a libkvm that matched the kernel, but it would
> save every day use from all of these recompiles (w and so on, too).
> 
That certainly has not been well thought out.  I do think that the
system is much less useful without procfs.  It is useful even in many embedded
applications.  Perhaps ps/libkvm/etc need to be thought out better.

But remember, -current isn't targeted for everyday use :-).

John