Subject: Re: lib/24324: telldir issues
To: None <lib-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,>
From: Arne H Juul <arnej@europe.yahoo-inc.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 05/19/2006 00:15:04
The following reply was made to PR lib/24324; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Arne H Juul <arnej@europe.yahoo-inc.com>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: lib-bug-people@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: lib/24324: telldir issues
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 00:03:11 +0200 (CEST)

 On Sat, 13 May 2006, Brett Lymn wrote:
 > About the only think I can see that would cause a bit of a pause is
 > the fact that you changed the calling arguments in telldir() by
 > removing "const", this would require a bump in the version number of
 > libc to prevent binaries linked with old libc versions getting the new
 > API.  I believe that his would be a bump in the major version of libs
 > which is not done lightly.
 
 you don't give any *reason* why this would require a version bump;
 just saying it doesn't make it so.  Have you actually verified your
 claim by testing, or could you at least make some plausible argument?
 
   - Arne H. J.