Is there any good reason for get*by*_r()?

[Fabian Keil]

Mark Andrews <Mark_Andrews at isc.org> wrote:

> 	get*by*_r() are deprecated on most platforms and there use
> 	is highly non-portable, lots of different API's.
> 
> 	Why are we adding compatability for deprecated functions?

I was wondering the same thing, especially because it causes a lot
of packages that where compiled on later FreeBSD 6.x version not
to work on earlier FreeBSD 6.x versions.

Fabian
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