On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 01:38:56PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 02:09:44AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 02:20:12PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote: > > > Following the discussion some weeks ago I have a patch to fix most of > > > the problematic userspace header changes in 2.6.26. > > I believe the following other incompatible changes should be addressed:
> > asm-arm/unistd.h - changed a syscall define from __NR_timerfd to > > __NR_timerfd_create, unknown impact on existing applications > If we define it, we will get broken binaries instead of a failed build. > The syscall was never implemented and got reassiged to timerfd_create. Ok, that clarifies. No need for a change here then. > > linux/msdos_fs.h - dropped the #define for FAT_VALID_MEDIA > Well. > > > However I decided to ignore the following changes: > > > - sparc: Removed a.out definitions, SunOS/Solaris emulation only > > > - sparc: Removed SunOS/Solaris interface definitions > > I'm somewhat skeptical about dropping these; there are lots of things that > > like to include the kernel ELF headers, > This are a.out, not ELF headers. And they don't include anything else. Yes, I understand that. I would expect software that's doing a.out to be *more* likely, not less likely, to abuse misuse kernel headers... > > so > > it's possible that something is trying to include a.out on sparc or use > > other compat interfaces. > This are SunOS interfaces, so the users are completely sparc specific. I > did a check over all possible packages and found nothing. It makes not > much sense anyway to use them, most likely the kernel interface is > already broken. That's fine. I'm not arguing that either of these things should be changed before upload; but if there did turn out to be something that broke because of these changes, we should revert the changes for lenny. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
