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23 Jan 1998 22:30:36 +0100 :
From:	Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
To:	Dustin Marquess <jailbird AT alcatraz DOT fdf DOT net>
Cc:	beastium <beastium-list AT Desk DOT nl>
Subject:	Re: 6x86 opts
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On Fri, Jan 23, 1998 at 02:13:25PM -0600, Dustin Marquess wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
> > That's still the case - you're not supposed to use kernel includes
> > anymore, which is one of the main advantages of glibc over libc 5.x.
> > (Don't hack the include files, hack the programs calling them. There are
> > several sites on the net providing patches to some important apps, such as
> > http://www.glibc.ml.org/.)
> 
> 	If you have to hack every program you get in order to get it to
> compile under glibc, it kind of breaks portability, not to mention ease of
> use...

you miss the point... these programs were _BROKEN_, and had to be fixed.

do you want a libc that accepts everything so when porting the program
to another machine you get mysterious errors, or do you want a libc that
forces posix compliance on you, thus saving you from future
hassles?

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