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SubjectRe: Killing clones
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


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