Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2002 10:27:02 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@FreeBSD.org> To: David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/kern uipc_syscalls.c Message-ID: <20020624172702.GV53232@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20020624101654.B6982@nexus.root.com> References: <200206240642.g5O6gM327387@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020624011200.A6982@nexus.root.com> <20020624090931.GR53232@elvis.mu.org> <20020624101654.B6982@nexus.root.com>
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* David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com> [020624 10:19] wrote: > >* David Greenman-Lawrence <dg@root.com> [020624 01:52] wrote: > >> >alfred 2002/06/23 23:42:22 PDT > >> > > >> > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > >> > sys/kern uipc_syscalls.c > >> > Log: > >> > Fix sendfile bug where headers counted against amount of file to be sent. > >> > MFC: 1.103 > >> > >> Uh, don't you think this really needs some binary compatibility goo as > >> well since without that this will break binaries that rely on the broken > >> behavior? > > > >That was the point I raised with you when you initially wanted to > >MFC it, since niether of us has the time and to paraphrase what you > >said "very few consumers exist" I figured getting the correct thing > >backported was more important. > > Actually, what I said was "Yes, this is going to require some backwords > compatibility gook before it is MFC'd."...and that was 6 months ago. It's > even more true today. > Of course this hurdle was the reason it was never MFCed. I'm just thinking > about how much of a pain this is going to be to deal with it on all of the > DTI servers and figure that other people will choke on it, too. Ok, then just tell me what to do and I'll do the grunt work. -- -Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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