Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 08:43:54 +1100 (EST) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@village.org>, <standards@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Garrett's POSIX versions patch for review Message-ID: <20020319083700.B2957-100000@gamplex.bde.org> In-Reply-To: <20020318021728.D56122@espresso.q9media.com>
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Mike Barcroft wrote: > I ran into a little bit of trouble when testing this. Specifically, > NOTES/LINT includes _KPOSIX_VERSION as an option. This conflicts with > the ability to define _KPOSIX_VERSION in <sys/cdefs.h>. > > Does _KPOSIX_VERSION have any use as a kernel option? It would seem > to me that, in order to run a FreeBSD system at a different POSIX > version than the one the system was designed to run at would require > more than just a kernel configuration change. So, this define as a > kernel option doesn't really buy us anything. I agree with removing it. Only a similar compile-time option for the whole system would make sense. Too many options gives you namespace problems just for detemirmining the relevant options. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-standards" in the body of the message
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