Re: New snapshot of modutils

Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:47:28 -0600 (CST)


On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Alan Olsen wrote:

> > > Please note that the depmod and modprobe utilities are back to C++.
> > > This is a result of a discussion in linux-kernel last week, and this
> > > is the way it has to be, in consideration of all involved.
> >
> > *sigh* C++? What's wrong with C?
>
> C is not buzzword complient.

No, the problem is there's some concern about the copyright status of the
C code fork. Read the archives. Hence the regression to a known state,
which happens to be C++. Movement back to C is in progress.

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