Subject: Re: __NetBSD_Version__ sucks
To: Johan Danielsson <joda@pdc.kth.se>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@pa.dec.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 05/11/1998 13:31:20
> "Chris G. Demetriou" <cgd@pa.dec.com> writes:
> 
> > (e.g. people might need to know "bug X in the shared loader was
> > fixed in -current as of date D, or in bug fix release X.Y.Z")
> 
> People should check for features at `configure time'. Hard-coding
> behaviour based on values of macros is asking for trouble.

perhaps, but basing behavior on values of macros is what a lot of
software (including X) wants to do.



cgd