Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 20:52:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> Cc: Harold Gutch <logix@foobar.franken.de>, Doug <Doug@gorean.org>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: sigset_t changes committed Message-ID: <199909300052.UAA01910@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909291905290.56586-100000@penelope.skunk.org> References: <19990929231253.B26394@foobar.franken.de> <Pine.BSF.4.10.9909291905290.56586-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
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<<On Wed, 29 Sep 1999 19:06:24 -0400 (EDT), Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> said: > If I understand correctly, it only needs to be done once per system, but > it makes no difference whether it happens on a given system now or six > months from now. Surely. The thing we have to be careful about is making sure that the kernel does not grow new dependencies on software that now can't get built ahead of time. I tripped over one of these when I last upgraded my desktop: the kernel contained some __asm statements which were only valid in EGCS. This is a hard problem in general, but sometimes we just need to say ``screw it!'' and do what's necessary to advance the state of the art. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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