Subject: Re: lib/libc/net/rcmd.c: solaris compatibility
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 02/23/2000 02:46:09
On Feb 23,  4:04pm, itojun@iijlab.net (itojun@iijlab.net) wrote:
-- Subject: Re: lib/libc/net/rcmd.c: solaris compatibility

| >>I don't think we should be adding support for other systems in our basesrc,
| >>especially if it would be a pain to do so, which it is in this case.
| >>If the pkgsrc NetBSD emulation environment for Solaris needs something
| >>different, it should come with a patch of itself.
| >
| >But that is the standard sa_len diff. It is already in many other places in
| >the tree..
| 
| 	again, I'm happy to bring this in.  It may be my fault to put
| 	function prototypes that assumes sa_len, for __ivaliduser_sa and
| 	others.  I just need to know proper (and easiest) way to deal with
| 	binary backward compatibility...

versioning them might be the easiest solution.

christos