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Subject: Re: Kernel header changes break glibc build
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 17:13:36 +0000
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On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 03:31:46PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
 
> At the time they were added they were meant to be exported but netlink
> has evolved and we now have a type safe API.

Where?  AFAICS, netlink might be considered type-safe only within an
address family...