[OpenAFS] why linux sysnames are different
Avinesh Kumar
avinesh@gmail.com
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:40:55 -0500
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We can keep the old sysnames as is, and invent a new convention
based on kernel version or glibc version for newer systems. This
way we would be backward compatible and probably solve the problem
for newer systems as well.
On Jan 2, 2008 5:43 PM, Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> wrote:
> "Avinesh Kumar" <avinesh@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Seem the right reason to do this in past !
> > But the problem is still there.
>
> And probably always will be, since changing sysnames is a nasty
> backward-incompatible change and people have already build infrastructure
> on local interpretations or workarounds for the existing sysnames.
>
> I suppose we could start setting a sysname list based on both the kernel
> version and the glibc version by default, but I shudder to think of the
> Autoconf glue.
>
> --
> Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/<http://www.eyrie.org/%7Eeagle/>
> >
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<br>We can keep the old sysnames as is, and invent a new convention<br>based on kernel version or glibc version for newer systems. This<br>way we would be backward compatible and probably solve the problem<br>for newer systems as well.
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 2, 2008 5:43 PM, Russ Allbery <<a href="mailto:rra@stanford.edu">rra@stanford.edu</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">"Avinesh Kumar" <<a href="mailto:avinesh@gmail.com">avinesh@gmail.com</a>> writes:<br><br>> Seem the right reason to do this in past !<br>> But the problem is still there.<br><br>
</div>And probably always will be, since changing sysnames is a nasty<br>backward-incompatible change and people have already build infrastructure<br>on local interpretations or workarounds for the existing sysnames.<br><br>
I suppose we could start setting a sysname list based on both the kernel<br>version and the glibc version by default, but I shudder to think of the<br>Autoconf glue.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Russ Allbery (<a href="mailto:rra@stanford.edu">
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