Date: Fri, 5 Sep 1997 23:36:39 +0000 (GMT) From: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> To: Joachim Jaeckel <Joachim.Jaeckel@d.kamp.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is it critical, to modify the socket-structure? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970905233441.23180A-100000@fang.cs.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970906011224.Joachim.Jaeckel@d.kamp.net>
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If it is a useful feature why not ask about commiting your changes to the FreeBSD source? As long as you don't change common functions to depend on the new feild everything should be ok. Alfred On Sat, 6 Sep 1997, Joachim Jaeckel wrote: > Hello. > > One question today... :-) > > Could it be critical (e.g. if I would like to run binaries from my machine on > another one, or vice versa) if I would expand the socket-structure > (in sys/socketvar.h) on my machine with an additional field? > > Maybe I couldn't run any BSDi or Linux-binaries anymore? > > (I would do a "make world" afterwards, of course) > > Thanks in advance for any comment. > > Ciao, Joachim. > (joachim.jaeckel@d.kamp.net) > ---------------------------------- > - "Microsoft Windows?" - "More flying wheels than flying windows!" >
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