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Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 23:32:33 +0100 (BST)
From: Ruth Ivimey-Cook <Ruth.Ivimey-Cook@ivimey.org>
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To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove suser()
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On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, Pavel Machek wrote:

>> diff -urN linux-2.5.20/include/linux/compatmac.h linux/include/linux/compatmac.h
>> --- linux-2.5.20/include/linux/compatmac.h	Sun Jun  2 18:44:41 2002
>> +++ linux/include/linux/compatmac.h	Tue Jun  4 13:57:33 2002
>> @@ -102,8 +102,6 @@
>>  
>>  #define my_iounmap(x, b)             (((long)x<0x100000)?0:vfree ((void*)x))
>>  
>> -#define capable(x)                   suser()
>> -
>>  #define tty_flip_buffer_push(tty)    queue_task(&tty->flip.tqueue, &tq_timer)
>
>This is not right I believe. You want to keep compatibility for older
>kernels.
>
>									Pavel

Why? The file being changed is in a particular kernel, not in, say, glibc; to 
require compatibilty btw. a file in kernel X and another in kernel Y seems 
stupid... but perhaps I misunderstand.

Ruth


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Ruth Ivimey-Cook
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