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List:       hurd-bug
Subject:    Re: Confusing definitions and declarations of mig_dealloc_reply_port()
From:       Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault () gnu ! org>
Date:       2015-11-06 19:56:46
Message-ID: 20151106195646.GZ4695 () var
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Svante Signell, on Thu 05 Nov 2015 10:30:27 +0100, wrote:
> -    __hurd_local_reply_port = __mach_reply_port ();
> +    port = __mach_reply_port ();

That's not the same.

> Samuel: Regarding your previous comment:
> >> Additionally, any strong reason to not change mig??
> > 
> > Having to deal with the introduced incompatibility.
> 
> Incompatibility with what, older versions of glibc/hurd/mach/mig, which
> ones?

The ones before the change you suggest.

> How many users are there of GNU/Hurd, especially running old
> releases?

All the current users.  If you introduce this change, then all existing
code will stop building with the newer mig, and conversely, the modified
glibc will not build with the old mig.

Really, this change doesn't deserve such a pain.

Samuel

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