> > *soap box on*
> > _GRIN_ So, how many people had benefits so far from having a 64bit off_t OS,
> > and how many suffer from the mess it caused?
> > *soap box off*
> 
> lseek is prototyped in unistd.h if programs break rules.. well..
> 
	Agreed.

> > Sorry, couldn't resist:-) BTW, what would happen if I'd compile -current with
> > THAT typedef in <sys/types.h> reset to long?
> 
> Its really just not that important.  Is your personal system tracking
> current?  Whats important is that NetBSD is *visibally* faster than
> it used to be.  040's don't flush caches ever (excepting dma selective 
> cache pushes, and shared libs), pmaps flush the ATC much more selectively 
> now, users have 15/13 partitions they can use.  CD, tape and scsi direct 
> support are simple and straightforward, et al.
> 
	Not to mention NetBSD is now basically BSD 4.4; the UNIX(tm) sandbox
	of the 90's. We will soon be seeing monster files due to multimedia
	apps, huge drives > 4G and mainstream CPU's with fundemental integer
	size of 64 bits. Alpha is there today, MIPS, SPARC, Power, HP and
	others are sure to follow soon. BSD 4.4 was a little ahead of
	the curve by going to 64 bit but not by much.

	That some apps cut corners is no reason to knock the forsight of
	the BSD designers.

		-Rob

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