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From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>
To: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
Cc: Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@freebsd.org>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org,
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Subject: Re: svn commit: r312988 - in head/sys: compat/cloudabi compat/linux
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On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 02:13:36PM -0800, John Baldwin wrote:
J> On Monday, January 30, 2017 12:57:23 PM Edward Tomasz Napierala wrote:
J> > Author: trasz
J> > Date: Mon Jan 30 12:57:22 2017
J> > New Revision: 312988
J> > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/312988
J> > 
J> > Log:
J> >   Add kern_listen(), kern_shutdown(), and kern_socket(), and use them
J> >   instead of their sys_*() counterparts in various compats. The svr4
J> >   is left untouched, because there's no point.
J> 
J> Note that you can compile test svr4 since it is still in the tree.
J> If we want to remove svr4, then we should remove it.  However, we
J> should maintain code that is in the tree if it is still there.

All we can do right now is maintain it as compilable. My example with
COMPAT_OLDSOCK shows that SVR4 simply doesn't work as kld, and nobody
complains.

Okay, what if I say on freebsd-arch/freebsd-current that I am going
to remove it and wait for any objections for a month, and then do it?

-- 
Totus tuus, Glebius.