Re: [PATCH] POSIX extended API set 2

To: campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost (Taylor R Campbell)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] POSIX extended API set 2
From: manu%netbsd.org@localhost (Emmanuel Dreyfus)
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 08:17:26 +0100

Taylor R Campbell <campbell+netbsd-tech-kern%mumble.net@localhost> wrote:

> I know this is a bike shed, and I'm sorry to be the one to bring it
> up, but can we use the names chmodat, chownat, &c., for our native
> system calls, and just use libc aliases or _BLAH_SOURCE nonsense or
> something for the ridiculous `f' prefix on fchmodat, fchownat, &c.?

What is the goal? You want to write userland code using chmodat()
instead of fchmodat()?

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Emmanuel Dreyfus
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