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Date:      Tue, 21 Apr 2015 08:21:27 +0200
From:      olli hauer <ohauer@gmx.de>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>
Cc:        Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org>, Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, "freebsd-arch@freebsd.org" <arch@freebsd.org>, peter@freebsd.org, Oliver Pinter <oliver.pinter@hardenedbsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Removal of the 6.x kernel compat code from libc
Message-ID:  <02C44E56-DCF3-4F51-A81B-B89BBF37D8CC@gmx.de>
In-Reply-To: <9514285C-30A8-4ED2-8571-6E1492364741@bsdimp.com>
References:  <20150417075942.GI2390@kib.kiev.ua> <CAPQ4ffsrMNLBChrUc5wBrY%2BnSwnfZhBqSp%2BhES0tpLUJi-bXow@mail.gmail.com> <20150417121034.GN2390@kib.kiev.ua> <5531059F.4060500@freebsd.org> <20150419185609.GA14639@lonesome.com> <5C660531-4E03-45C5-BB54-0FC679D3C170@gmx.de> <9514285C-30A8-4ED2-8571-6E1492364741@bsdimp.com>

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On April 21, 2015 8:07:47 AM CEST, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp=2Ecom> wrote:
>=20
> > On Apr 21, 2015, at 12:05 AM, olli hauer <ohauer@gmx=2Ede> wrote:
> >=20
> > On April 19, 2015 8:56:10 PM CEST, Mark Linimon
> <linimon@lonesome=2Ecom> wrote:
> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 03:07:43PM +0200, Stefan Esser wrote:
> >>> I doubt that anybody relies on non-POSIX behaviour that has been
> >>> deprecated for some 15 years =2E=2E=2E
> >>=20
> >> Any sin that's ever been committed is probably still referenced by
> >> some
> >> damned port or other :-)
> >>=20
> >> That's still no reason to keep them, of course; I'm just pointing
> out
> >> that you're taunting Murphy=2E
> >>=20
> >> mcl
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> >=20
> > One potential issue are the official vmware tools, thry still
> require=2E compat6 =E2=80=A6
>=20
> This is the libc side (running FreeBSD 11 binaries on a FreeBSD 6
> kernel),
> not the kernel side, which is what vmware tools need=E2=80=A6
>=20
> Warner

Ah,OK
Thanks for clarification! 



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