Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 13:12:50 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there any good reason for get*by*_r()? Message-ID: <20060926131250.1e736adb@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200609260216.k8Q2Gtxk045006@drugs.dv.isc.org> References: <200609260216.k8Q2Gtxk045006@drugs.dv.isc.org>
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--Sig_x=.B0vcaw/d.5vicx28iOw_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews@isc.org> wrote: > get*by*_r() are deprecated on most platforms and there use > is highly non-portable, lots of different API's. >=20 > Why are we adding compatability for deprecated functions? I was wondering the same thing, especially because it causes a lot of packages that where compiled on later FreeBSD 6.x version not to work on earlier FreeBSD 6.x versions. Fabian --=20 http://www.fabiankeil.de/ --Sig_x=.B0vcaw/d.5vicx28iOw_ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFGQtABYqIVf93VJ0RAvuuAJ93e343jcoWDBjiy1C5gzLNqdD/ywCfUQ/C t+fZ/ymkBqxXBqzFciAhA3E= =ls64 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_x=.B0vcaw/d.5vicx28iOw_--
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