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List:       netbsd-tech-kern
Subject:    re: CVS commit: src/sys/sys
From:       matthew green <mrg () eterna ! com ! au>
Date:       2007-05-31 17:49:28
Message-ID: 11192.1180633768 () splode ! eterna ! com ! au
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   >   On May 31, 2007, at 3:49 AM, Valeriy E. Ushakov wrote:
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   >> Now, I wonder if all the churn can be justified for an unused
   >> (in-tree) library that existed in -current for less then a month.
   >> (SA syscalls removal was way more distruptive :))))
   >
   >   Yah, I think we can let this one slide.
   >
   > we should still bump the userland librt major version.
   
   I don't see why -- it won't being any benefit unless you actually  
   version the system call.


so that people who link their app gainst the new library can't run
it on an old (recent) system where it won't work.

it just seems like the right thing to do.
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