Should I do a __FreeBSD_version bump for a kgssapi module kernel api change?

Glen Barber gjb at FreeBSD.org
Sun Jul 7 22:32:51 UTC 2013


On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 05:54:30PM -0400, Rick Macklem wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a commit to add support for host-based (Kerberos would call
> these "service") principal initiator credentials to the kgssapi and
> krpc.
> 
> It requires an additional call into the kgssapi, which means a change
> to the kernel api used to communicate with the kgssapi module (not used
> by anything else).
> 
> What I am not sure of is whether or not this change requires a bump to
> __FreeBSD_version? (I think it would be possible to crash if the kernel
> is updated, but the kgssapi module is not.)
> 
Yes please.

It would also be helpful to document in the freebsd-versions section of
doc/head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/porters-handbook/book.xml .

Glen

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