Re: HEADS-UP: removed COMPAT_43 from GENERIC (and other configs)

On Thu, 2006-06-15 at 23:04 +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
> Quoting "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk_at_phk.freebsd.dk> (Thu, 15 Jun 2006 20:36:57 +0000):
> 
> > In message <4491C2F0.6000007_at_rogers.com>, Mike Jakubik writes:
> > 
> > >What about COMPAT_43TTY? Is this still needed, how exactly does it 
> > >affect the system?
> > 
> > It adds a bunch of ancient-compatible ioctls to the kernel.
> > 
> > It is, as a principle, not needed, but thanks to the many variants
> > of "sh configure" employed in usr/ports, a quite large number of
> > ports go "Ohh, this is BSD, I'd better use the old ioctls" and
> > break if you don't offer them.
> 
> Hmmm, what do you think about this entry for the ideas list:
> ---snip---
> Fix ports which break without COMPAT_43TTY in the kernel.
> 
> Some ports may break when removing COMPAT_43TTY from the kernel config.
> This is because they just assume old ioctl's when they identify
> FreeBSD. The goal of this entry is to identify the ports which behave
> like this (maybe portmgr is willing to do an experimental run on the
> ports build cluster for this, or you have to install a tinderbox and do
> it yourself) and fix them (patches should also be send upstream).
> 
> Requirements:
>  - knowledge of autotools
>  - time and patience
> ---snip---

Committed to the ideas page with some minor modifications, thanks.

-- 
Joel