On Fri, 2015-11-06 at 20:56 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Svante Signell, on Thu 05 Nov 2015 10:30:27 +0100, wrote: > > - __hurd_local_reply_port = __mach_reply_port (); > > + port = __mach_reply_port (); > > That's not the same.
See the next message: port = __hurd_local_reply_port = __mach_reply_port (); > > How many users are there of GNU/Hurd, especially running old > > releases? > > All the current users. If you introduce this change, then all > existing > code will stop building with the newer mig, and conversely, the > modified > glibc will not build with the old mig. > > Really, this change doesn't deserve such a pain. So you say it is impossible to do such a change? I don't believe so, but am not proposing that change since you object to it so much. What about: mig first, glibc after that, anything else? And of course all 8? users would have to upgrade to the latest releases.
