The following reply was made to PR lib/24324; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Brett Lymn <blymn@baesystems.com.au>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: lib/24324: telldir issues
Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 10:55:31 +0930

 On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 12:15:04AM +0000, Arne H Juul wrote:
 > 
 >  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?
 >  
 
 I did state the reason - in my view there was an API change.  Changing
 the types in a function is a change in the API.  In this case the
 change is minor and we can probably get away without it as Christos
 has noted.  I have done a few libraries for NetBSD, I understand the
 rules for what constitutes a major/minor bump, why are you querying my
 decision so aggressively?
 
 -- 
 Brett Lymn