From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 12 9:57: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from troutmask.apl.washington.edu (troutmask.apl.washington.edu [128.95.76.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D245314D00; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:57:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu) Received: (from sgk@localhost) by troutmask.apl.washington.edu (8.9.3/8.9.1) id JAA26170; Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:59:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sgk) From: Steve Kargl Message-Id: <199908121659.JAA26170@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Subject: Re: libcompat proposition In-Reply-To: from "Brian F. Feldman" at "Aug 12, 1999 12:39:59 pm" To: green@FreeBSD.org (Brian F. Feldman) Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 09:59:18 -0700 (PDT) Cc: imp@village.org (Warner Losh), hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL54 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brian F. Feldman wrote: > On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Steve Kargl wrote: > > > > > If you're writing unencumbered code, placing it under > > libcompat/gnu may lead to confusion because all other > > directory paths containing gnu contain GPL'd code. > > Just stick it into libcompat. > > That doesn't fit with the current organization. > > Choose: > a. fsf > b. gnu > c. glibc d. other src/lib/libcompat/{fsf,gnu,glibc} connotes GPL code. src/lib/libcompat/other allows SysV, Solaris, Linux, etc. compatibility functions. -- Steve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message