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Re: libuuid shouldn't be used in NetBSD



coypu%sdf.org@localhost wrote:
>I don't think that libuuid should be used in the BSDs either.
>At least for netbsd, it is overriding functions that exist in libc in an
>incompatible way. It's a recipe for explosions.
>
>It existing in fontconfig means it will affect an extremely large number
>of programs.
>
>If a program expects libc uuid, and uses fontconfig, it will get the
>wrong, incompatible function.

Can we patch fontconfig to use the libc functions ?

It only looks to be a couple of source files that do UUID stuff.


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