Seems reasonable. I would like these as two separable changes please. And nuking libresolv.1 should be done only after a legacy gate is populated.
Sent from my iPad On May 9, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Milan Jurik <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > the summary: > > 1) several people with SPARC systems still needs libresolv.so.1, so the > option is to move it to some "legacy" gate or somewhere else. It is > somehow committed API and I will leave it open for now. > > 2) libldap.so.4 can go, as something obsolete (officially obsolete from > Solaris 9) and not very usefull today. Also it has stability level as > evolving, nothing should depend on it. > > Any additional comments? > > Thank you > Milan > > Milan Jurik píše v pá 04. 05. 2012 v 22:52 +0200: >> Hi, >> >> does somebody see benefit in keeping these libs in Illumos: >> >> libresolv.so.1 - ABI incompatible with libresolv.so.2, I think it has >> been obsoleted from 1997 or something like that. Removal breaks 15 years >> old binaries but it can be easily added manually if necessary. >> >> libldap.so.4 - predates LDAPSSL work, last time relevant around 2001. It >> was "replaced" by libldap.so.5 which is Solaris fork of iPlanet aliance >> libldap. There are not many LDAP consumers so old and frequently you can >> see 3rd party apps use own copies of libldap. >> >> Best regards, >> >> Milan >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------- > illumos-discuss > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/22003744-45f01c1f > Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ------------------------------------------- illumos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182180/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182180/21175430-2e6923be Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175430&id_secret=21175430-6a77cda4 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
