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Date:      Wed, 25 Jul 2001 06:59:47 -0500
From:      "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com>
To:        Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: libc.a(err.o)
Message-ID:  <20010725065947.A27000@hellblazer.nectar.com>
In-Reply-To: <87d76pmsv5.fsf_-_@gamera.vail>; from hal@vailsys.com on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:21:18AM -0500
References:  <20010725002838.J72882@sneakerz.org> <87d76pmsv5.fsf_-_@gamera.vail>

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On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 01:21:18AM -0500, Hal Snyder wrote:
> I am wondering if there is a problem with err, warn, etc. in libc.
[snip]
> Bug? Feature?
> Do we want separate modules? Weak symbols?

Yes,  it is  a bug.   IMHO we  should be  using weak  symbols for  all
globally visibile identifiers in libc  that are not defined by ISO/IEC
9899:199[09].

This comes  up periodically;  check the archives.   Basically somebody
needs to do the work.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques Vidrine / n@nectar.com / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org

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