Hi, >>>>> On Thu, 2 Jun 2005 15:59:07 -0400 (EDT) >>>>> Daniel Eischen <deischen_at_freebsd.org> said: > Ultimately, I wish to correct struct addrinfo, too. Since correcting > getnetbyaddr(3) breaks ABI compatibility after all, it seems storange > to me to leave struct addrinfo alone as is. It is better to take this > occasion to correct struct addrinfo as well. > This breakage is only on 64 bit arch. The influence will grow as 64 > bit arch spreads. So, I believe it should be done as soon as > possible. deischen> Just leave it alone for now. Please clarify what you mean for `it'. Which are you mean only struct addrinfo issue or both? deischen> When symbol versioning comes, you should be able to remove deischen> the padding without bumping library versions and producing deischen> imcompatibilities. It's curious. Is there any plan to provide symbol versioning? Sincerely, -- Hajimu UMEMOTO _at_ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan ume_at_mahoroba.org ume_at_{,jp.}FreeBSD.org http://www.imasy.org/~ume/Received on Thu Jun 02 2005 - 18:26:33 UTC
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