Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys
To: None <david@l8s.co.uk>
From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp>
List: source-changes
Date: 11/14/2003 20:15:31
In article <20031114090633.J4919@snowdrop.l8s.co.uk>
david@l8s.co.uk wrote:

> Because the code needs to look at the netbsd disklabel - which is defined
> (apart from its size) in sys/disklabel.h.

But refering MAXPARTITIONS is completely wrong way to fix the problem.
Probably Making symlinks to machine/disklabel.h under
src/tools/compat/obj.*/include/ dir for building host tool
is right way.

> The only way they can be tested is to commit the changes and fix
> the fallout quickly, no one person can have access to all the variety
> of host platforms.

It's much better to post patches and calling for testers on some lists.
If your changes contained some wrong API changes, we might have
to keep unneeded backward bug compatibilities.
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Izumi Tsutsui
tsutsui@ceres.dti.ne.jp