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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.17-pre6
Date: 7 Dec 2001 22:40:50 -0800
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Followup to:  <20011207221436.B24098@asooo.flowerfire.com>
By author:    Ken Brownfield <brownfld@irridia.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Not a problem at all.  That's what -pre releases and folks testing with
> ancient (but tried and tested) releases are for. ;-)
> 
> It sounds like it's easily revertable, but maybe it's worth putting the
> axe in egcs compatibility for other people? ... Dunno.
> 

It's worth putting the axe in when you have a good reason to break
compatibility.  This, however, isn't one of those.

	-hpa
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