On Sat, Oct 07, 2000 at 02:57:04AM +0900, Hitoshi Asaeda wrote:

 > > It is also the intent to cause old source to fail to compile with the
 > > new kernel headers.
 > 
 > I'm afraid I can't understand why you insist to cause errors by
 > force.

A multicast routing daemon which compiles fine but then fails to
function isn't the greatest thing, IMO.  Preserving the binary
compatibility was a goal, but changing the API like that is really
the only way to force programs to get fixed (and, sometimes, even
notice that they're broken in the first place).

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        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>