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Date:      Tue, 28 Feb 2006 10:06:55 -0500 (EST)
From:      Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
To:        Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: make tools question & symbol versioning
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.43.0602281002110.23322-100000@sea.ntplx.net>
In-Reply-To: <ygewtff34yi.wl%ume@mahoroba.org>

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On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:

> Hi,
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:43:28 -0500 (EST)
> >>>>> Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> said:
>
> deischen> For that particular function, I thought it was suppose to be exported
> deischen> for use by applications.  It doesn't begin with underscores, and it
> deischen> ends with "_r", so it certainly looked like it should.
>
> deischen> These functions should be renamed if they are internal interfaces.
>
> No, they are already have __ prefix.  Please refer libc/net/netdb_private.h.

Ok, I see that now.  Personally, I don't like renaming things like
that.  It's just one more level of obfuscation.

> deischen> I'll remove gethostbyname_r.  If you find others that shouldn't be
> deischen> there, please let me know.
>
> Please remove the functions listed in netdb_private.h.

Will do.

-- 
DE




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