Re: [CFR] correct type of addrinfo.ai_addrlen and netent.n_net

From: Daniel Eischen (deischen_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 06/02/05

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To: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org>

    On Fri, 3 Jun 2005, Hajimu UMEMOTO wrote:

    > Hi,
    >
    > >>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:44:03 +0900
    > >>> Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org> said:
    >
    > ume> I've attached the patch to correct 1st argument of getnetbyaddr(3) in
    > ume> this mail. It is subset of my previous patch. Since it breaks ABI
    > ume> compatibility of getnetbyaddr(3), I think it is better to correct
    > ume> n_net member of struct netent, too. Since there is objection, the
    > ume> patch leaves struct addrinfo as is. So, it doesn't need to bump any
    > ume> shlib major. Is it okay?
    >
    > Ultimately, I wish to correct struct addrinfo, too. Since correcting
    > getnetbyaddr(3) breaks ABI compatibility after all, it seems storange
    > to me to leave struct addrinfo alone as is. It is better to take this
    > occasion to correct struct addrinfo as well.
    > This breakage is only on 64 bit arch. The influence will grow as 64
    > bit arch spreads. So, I believe it should be done as soon as
    > possible.

    Just leave it alone for now. When symbol versioning comes, you
    should be able to remove the padding without bumping library versions
    and producing imcompatibilities. 

    -- 
DE
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