Darren Reed wrote:
Peter Memishian wrote:
> At least libnsl and libsocket are still seperate libraries since they
> are far too big (and IMO they should remain seperate since not every
> application needs networking)
We (Solaris Networking) are seriously considering folding libnsl and
libsocket into libc.
How does this impact what we need to deliver?
Given that we need something in the filesystem space for application
backward compatibility, are we just bloating the filesystem?
Same way that libthread was done, it becomes a filter library.
IIRC the actual diskspace consumed can do down in this model rather than
up - because there is more sharing.
As for the pain it'll cause developers everywhere who target Solaris...
Well, life is never easy in software, we'll just curse and swear some
more about an arbitrary change that doesn't really make things
better or worse...(this type of thing happens everywhere.)
I disagree it will actually make things easier because now you won't
need to -lsocket -lnsl on Solaris but it you do it won't break.
Just like you used to need to -lthread or -lpthread but you don't
anymore, don't so isn't harmful though.
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Darren J Moffat
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