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List:       linux-ia64
Subject:    Re: [Linux-ia64] Linuxconf patch
From:       Jacques Gelinas <jack () solucorp ! qc ! ca>
Date:       2001-04-17 4:02:54
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On Sun, 15 Apr 2001, David Mosberger wrote:

> >>>>> On 15 Apr 2001 07:05:28 +0200, Jes Sorensen <jes@linuxcare.com> said:
>
>   Jes> Please don't inline the syscall like that. We do support
>   Jes> syscall() in glibc and it would be nicer (and future
>   Jes> compatible) if you use that instead.
>
> Better still: use the libc provided stub when one is available.
> glibc2.2 already defines quotactl().  I'd recommend to use autoconf to
> check for quotactl() and fall back on syscall() when it doesn't exist
> in libc (no need to do this for IA-64 Linux though, as glibc-2.2
> already supports this).

Linuxconf 1.25r3 already has the fix. It is using quotactl directly. No
syscall. I am not supporting libc anymore. This code was old.

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Jacques Gelinas <jack@solucorp.qc.ca>
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