From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Oct 23 08:38:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA10876 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:38:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA10870 for ; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:38:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id IAA17063 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:37:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 08:37:16 -0700 (PDT) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199810231537.IAA17063@pau-amma.whistle.com> Subject: Re: ld for loading dynamic library changed in 3.0-RELEASE? Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199810230034.RAA09461@george.lbl.gov> Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 17:34:08 -0700 (PDT) >From: "Jin Guojun@alpo (FTG staff)" >Ignore the platforms. Shall we always make things work better and better, >but not following some restriction? we want the evolution. At some risk of over-reacting, I suggest that "ignor[ing] the [other] platforms" is an excellent way to accrue POLA violations, especially from those of us who work in heterogeneous environments or are accustomed to other versions of UNIX. Fortunately, I believe that there is a sense of this already; I merely wished to ensure that there was no perception of "assent via silence" in this case. david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message