[CFR] correct type of addrinfo.ai_addrlen and netent.n_net

Jacques Vidrine nectar at FreeBSD.org
Tue May 31 04:38:47 PDT 2005


On May 27, 2005, at 1:30 PM, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:
> Hi,
>>>>>> On Mon, 09 May 2005 10:42:34 -0600 (MDT)
>>>>>> Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> said:
>> Are you suggest when to remove padding?  Since the major of libc was
>> bumped already in 6-CURRENT, it may better to wait 7-CURRENT.
>
> imp> We've generally not worried compatibility in the 'rough and  
> tumble'
> imp> world of FreeBSD current.  So unless there's a problem in the  
> upgrade
> imp> path, I think that we safely omit them.
>
> I'll commit the attached change to nuke padding.  It will break ABI
> compatibility on 64 bit arch.  So, I'm planning bumping major of
> affected shlibs.  Please review it.

It isn't clear to me that bumping the libraries' version number in - 
CURRENT is necessary, but I have no objection, either.

Cheers,
-- 
Jacques A Vidrine / NTT/Verio
nectar at celabo.org / jvidrine at verio.net / nectar at freebsd.org



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