Re: library/974: confusion is caused by libkvm and libkvm.old

[Jason Downs <downsj@downsj.com>]

The following reply was made to PR library/974; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jason Downs <downsj@downsj.com>
To: art@stacken.kth.se
Cc: gnats@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: library/974: confusion is caused by libkvm and libkvm.old 
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:58:31 -0800

 Why don't you fix i386 to write kernel core dumps in the new format so that
 it can use 'new' libkvm and savecore?
 
 In message <199911151305.OAA17130@kurrent.stacken.kth.se>,
 	art@stacken.kth.se writes:
 >
 >>Number:         974
 >>Category:       library
 >>Synopsis:       confusion is caused by libkvm and libkvm.old
 >>Confidential:   no
 >>Severity:       serious
 >>Priority:       high
 >>Responsible:    bugs
 >>State:          open
 >>Class:          sw-bug
 >>Submitter-Id:   net
 >>Arrival-Date:   Mon Nov 15 06:10:01 MST 1999
 >>Last-Modified:
 >>Originator:     Artur Grabowski
 >>Organization:
 >net
 >>Release:        current
 >>Environment:
 >	System      : OpenBSD 2.6
 >	Architecture: OpenBSD.sparc64
 >	Machine     : sparc64
 >>Description:
 >	There are two versions of libkvm. One is called libkvm and the other
 >	is called libkvm.old. According to the Makefile in /usr/src/lib
 >	libkvm.old is only used on pmax and i386. The same Makefile says
 >	that this solution is "temporary". My definition of "temporary"
 >	doesn't include 3.5 years (it has been "temporary" since 1996/03/19).
 >
 >	It looks like everyone who knew why it is like this have forgotten
 >	why we have two libkvm and what needs to be done to remove the old
 >	one. In the future I suggest that people who do "temporary" solutions
 >	send a pr so that the problem is not forgotten.
 >>How-To-Repeat:
 >	ls -d /usr/src/lib/libkvm*
 >>Fix:
 >	cd /usr/src/lib ; vi Makefile ; cvs rm -Rf libkvm.old
 >	See what breaks, fix it. Be happy.
 >
 >>Audit-Trail:
 >>Unformatted:
 
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