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Date:      Thu, 1 Feb 1996 20:44:23 +1100
From:      Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
To:        lehey.pad@sni.de, pst@cisco.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, ports@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Another Pentium gcc patch, -D__FreeBSD__=2 -Dbsd4_4
Message-ID:  <199602010944.UAA24491@godzilla.zeta.org.au>

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>The big mistake most porters make is they TRY to distinguish us from
>NetBSD and BSD/OS.  Most "freebsd" distinctions are really 4.4 and later
>distinctions and should use the BSD define.

>That's why you should use the sys/param.h method, becuase it's what
>everyone decided on as the STANDARD way to do this.  If you gratuitously

The big mistake most porters make is they TRY to distinguish BSD from
foonix.  Most "freebsd" distinctions are really for POSIX and other things
that every modern OS has and shouldn't use the BSD define.

That's why you shouldn't use the sys/param.h method, becuase it's what
only BSDpersons decided on as a NONSTANDARD way to do this.

Bruce



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