Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Aug 1997 10:44:09 -0700 (PDT) | From | Dan Hollis <> | Subject | Re: Killing clones |
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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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