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From: Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 0/2] KABI example conversion and cleanup
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:13:52 -0500
To: Mariusz Mazur <mmazur@kernel.pl>
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On Mar 28, 2006, at 15:04:53, Mariusz Mazur wrote:
> On Monday 27 March 2006 21:48, Rob Landley wrote:
>> Either way, it's not sounding like something I can grab and build  
>> uClibc systems with any time soon, the way I could use Mazur's  
>> headers to build uClibc.  I'll probably wind up using the gentoo  
>> headers when the 2.6.14 version ships.
>
> That's the trouble. While I have nothing against someone (as in --  
> not me :) doing all that abi separation, it's not something I can  
> use straight away. Hell, I don't even get where in all of it I'd  
> end up with something I could use (granted, I haven't looked into  
> the thread too closely). Not to mention, that I suspect, that if  
> there were enough people to do it, it would have gotten done two  
> years ago.
>
> So unless anybody's got a better idea, I'll try releasing some  
> initial version of that llh-ng thingie rather soonish and see how  
> that'll work out. Anybody with me on that? :)

I agree with this approach.  I don't think the llh-ng method will be  
maintainable in the long-term, which is why I'm doing the KABI  
patches, but I think that in the short term that's the fastest way to  
get a working set of headers against which to build glibc.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett
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