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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Mike Barcroft wrote:

> Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> writes:
> > The correct fix is to unbreak getbsize() so that it takes an `int *' as its
> > first arg like it used to.  The interface change and the above change
> > ...
>
> Agreed.  Not a single consumer actually wants a size_t and not all base
> system uses have been "fixed" for the new interface (ls(1) for instance).

Urk.  The bug in ls has apparently gone unnoticed because of NO_WERROR=1
in the Makefile.

> I'd like to see the interface restored and merged into RELENG_5_0 before
> we introduce this mistake on the world.

Agreed.  I tried to get it fixed before it spread.

Bruce


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