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Theodore Tso wrote:
> 
> And just to be clear ---- although in the past I've been really
> annoyed when glibc has made what I've considered to be arbitrary
> changes which have screwed ABI, compile-time, or link-time
> compatibility, and have spoken out against it --- in this particular
> case, I consider the fault to be purely the fault of the kernel
> developers, so there's no need having the glibc folks get all
> defensive....

So... Does the kernel need fixing? If so, what would you
recommend?

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