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Re: ar "zero" flag



On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 03:08:34AM -0400, der Mouse wrote:
> > We simply need to make the decision, and from that point forward, no
> > more need for new compat code in the kernel.
> 
> No more ability to upgrade the kernel while running the previous
> userland?
> 
> I would consider that a crippling regression.

Same here. There are other reasons to run a kernel from a different
release than userland (e.g. chroots); and this some of these senarii
you don't want a new libc in your userland.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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