HEADS UP - statvfs() changes require buildworld/kernel/install

Joerg Sonnenberger joerg at britannica.bec.de
Sun Jun 1 12:51:59 PDT 2008


On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 09:40:02PM +0200, Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
> Matthew Dillon wrote:
>>     I recommend doing a full buildworld/buildkernel/installworld/installkernel
>>     sequence for those people running HEAD.
>>
>>     I have implemented statvfs() in the kernel and removed it from libc.
>>     Not much uses statvfs() yet so the system will still boot, but it's    
>>  a good idea to fully synchronize your kernel and world anyhow.
>
> That means we'll have to ship a compat libc, I guess.  Maybe we can use 
> symbol versioning instead?

libc still provides statvfs, just as native system call.

Joerg





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