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On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:39:47PM -0800, Greywolf wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, der Mouse wrote:
>=20
> # Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2001 20:41:21 -0500 (EST)
> # From: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
> # To: tech-kern@netbsd.org
> # Subject: Syscalls [was Re: Support for ACLs]
> #
> # > We could, for example, reclaim some of our syscall space
> # > (setdomainname, uname, getdomainname have not been in use since 0.9
> # > -- about 10 years ago!  How legacy can we get?).
> #
> # Why bother?  Are syscall numbers a scarce resource?
>=20
> No, but it's cruft, along with stat43 and stat12.
>=20
> I don't even support COMPAT_14, but that's probably a little extreme for
> most.
>=20
> Is there seriously stuff out there for which a binary exists without sour=
ce
> that needs to keep backwards binary compatibility?

some commercial programs, yes. (I'm aware of an architectural CAD program).

Regards,
	-is

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