2011/11/22 John Baldwin <jhb_at_freebsd.org>: >> Not currently (except for kernel-space code), but if all the checks >> that use __FreeBSD_version are like the one you describe, I think it'd >> make sense. > > I can think of cases where you might want it exposed (e.g. in the parts > of net-snmp that grovel around in kernel data structures and use > __FreeBSD_version to figure out what the right thing to do is, possibly > the same with lsof). > >> But we need to make sure that defining it wouldn't suddenly enable >> code that is intended for FreeBSD userland, like it happens with >> __FreeBSD__. > > Correct. I don't believe that is the case since normally one has to > check for __FreeBSD__ before using __FreeBSD_version. Makes sense. I'll bring this up in debian-bsd mailing list. Thanks for the tip -- Robert MillanReceived on Tue Nov 22 2011 - 18:28:07 UTC
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