From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Dec 12 11:30:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6443437B405 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:30:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id fBCJU4R56948; Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:30:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 11:30:04 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200112121930.fBCJU4R56948@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: misc/32760: Please MFC /usr/include/malloc.h to -STABLE. Reply-To: Sheldon Hearn Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/32760; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Sheldon Hearn To: Alan E Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/32760: Please MFC /usr/include/malloc.h to -STABLE. Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 21:29:37 +0200 On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 14:10:48 EST, Alan E wrote: > /usr/include/malloc.h on CURRENT generates an error using #error. > /usr/include/malloc.h on STABLE only generates a #warning. > > This means that things (like KDE) will build in STABLE and then people try > to build the released ports on CURRENT and get bit by this. > > If malloc.h were MFC'd, then we'd catch all of this stuff up front, rather > than after releasing new ports to the world. The problem with merging the change onto the stable branch is that it's a serious change of interface in the middle of the lifetime of a major release (4.x). Sure, POSIX-conformant software should look for the prototype in the right place, but we try quite hard to keep point release upgrades as painless as possible. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message