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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Delete CIRCLEQ



On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 01:23:15PM +1100, matthew green wrote:
 > > Switch the last user (ypserv) from CIRCLEQ to TAILQ.
 > > This is inspired by analogous refactoring from OpenBSD:
 > > https://github.com/openbsd/src/commit/d53c0cf4d32fdbd8b42debfba068f1b0efa423dc#diff-8d0a4fbb89658213ebf314ff188581d7
 > > 
 > > Remove the CIRCLEQ API completely from the system headers and document
 > > this fact in the QUEUE(3) man-page.
 > 
 > why?  queue.h may be used by more than src.
 > 
 > i don't see any benefit except forcing working code to
 > be changed, possibly introducing bugs.
 > 
 > please leave it alone.

It's been deprecated since -7, we can remove it for -10.

Anyway, please at least do fix ypserv.

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David A. Holland
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