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Re: Kernel header changes break glibc build


On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 14:59 +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
> Are you suggesting that the kernel has to keep macros around which
> are of no use to the kernel itself just because glibc uses them?

No, although in fact that _is_ the only reason we use these horrid __uXX
types rather than proper C datatypes, isn't it?

I'm suggesting that if you want to change things around as you did, you
should make sure the users of those headers adapt to cope. You did fix
the in-kernel users; you neglected to fix glibc -- and as far as I can
tell you didn't even bother to _warn_ glibc folks.

We need to do better than that. The dark ages where we used to toss a
pile of crap over the wall and declare it was someone else's problem are
now behind us, thankfully.

-- 
dwmw2


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