some PRs

[Robert Millan]

On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 06:16:49PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2004-07-18 15:33, Robert Millan <zeratul2 at wanadoo.es> wrote:
> >
> > I think it's useful for compatibility.
> 
> In general, I'm not against compatibility.  However, what's the end of
> this route?  To create one special device node in /dev for every
> possible errno value? :-(

I don't claim that /dev/full is useful just for the sake of it. Your argument
(that having a device just for each errno value is silly) is something I
basicaly agree with.

But if some applications depend on it, it's still helpful for portability.
I don't know what support for native compatibility is expected or planned for
FreeBSD, but I know you have a Ports Collection with thousands of packages,
and this might minimaly reduce the work of your port maintainers. IMHO, you
should ask the people working in the Ports Collection for their opinion before
taking a decision.

(Note this patch comes from the context of the Debian GNU/kFreeBSD porting
effort, in which we port Debian GNU/Linux packages, which are a bit more
likely to introduce Linuxisms than the average candidate for FreeBSD Ports.
Thus, our requirements might differ somewhat.)

-- 
Robert Millan

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thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he
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