On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 01:13:07PM +0300, Paul Irofti wrote: > On 2020-06-11 02:46, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > Paul Irofti: > > > > > This iteration of the diff adds bounds checking for tk_user and moves > > > the usertc.c stub to every arch in libc as recommanded by deraadt@. > > > It also fixes a gettimeofday issue reported by cheloha@ and tb@. > > > > Additionally, it changes struct timekeep in an incompatible way. ;-) > > A userland built before the addition of tk_nclocks is very unhappy > > with a kernel built afterwards. There is no way to compile across > > this. You have to (U)pgrade from boot media to install a ftp.openbsd.org > > userland, and then you can re-compile with the new diff. > > I have not seen this problem and have not built a snapshot to update or go > back. What do you mean by very unhappy? Can you show me the exact steps you > have done? > > > Should we already bump major while the diff matures? > > I am not a fan of this. I don't like bumping something before it is actually > used. It is like an errata before a release.
So what if we end at version 200 ? we've got a full uint32_t for crying out loud, you're not going to run out of numbers. Besides, it's something that's entirely invisible to users, even more so than library major/minors. Remember the porters motto "when in doubt, bump"