Re: pkg/45065: archivers/pax minix support

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/45065; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/45065: archivers/pax minix support
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 20:02:58 +0100

 On Sun, Nov 06, 2011 at 12:45:01AM +0000, Thomas Cort wrote:
 >    * Rename TODEV, MAJOR, and MINOR to PAX_TODEV, PAX_MAJOR, and PAX_MINOR
 >      to avoid a conflict with existing Minix macros.
 
 OK
 
 >    * setrlimit() isn't implemented on Minix, so bypass the getrlimit() /
 >      setrlimit() pairs if either function is missing.
 
 I think it is better to implement fall backs in libnbcompat for this.
 
 >    * Minix has smaller types, so define MFTENT_DUMMY_DEV to be SHRT_MAX
 >      instead of UINT_MAX when __minix is defined.
 
 Why is this needed?
 
 Joerg