Re: Killing clones
Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:44:09 -0700 (PDT)
On Fri, 15 Aug 1997, Theodore Y. Ts'o wrote:
> glibc already uses 32 bit PIDs. It's again up to the kernel to make
> the move.
> In general this brings up the question of whether we want to enforce a
> requirement that people upgrade to glibc when we move forward to the 2.2
> kernel.....
The real question is if glibc is up to production quality yet. If it is, I
dont see why the kernel shouldnt enforce a change. Many other changes are
required anyway. (eg we're changing so many other things, why not take
care of this particular problem at the same time)
-Dan