[OpenAFS] why linux sysnames are different

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:44:41 -0500


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On Jan 2, 2008 6:40 PM, Avinesh Kumar <avinesh@gmail.com> wrote:

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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.
>

They're only defaults; You already can do it without changing anything for
anyone else.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 2, 2008 6:40 PM, Avinesh Kumar &lt;<a href="mailto:avinesh@gmail.com">avinesh@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<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></blockquote><div><br>They&#39;re only defaults; You already can do it without changing anything for anyone else.<br>&nbsp;<br></div></div><br>

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