Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 24 May 2002 16:31:39 +0200 | From | Martin Dalecki <> | Subject | Re: Quota patches |
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Uz.ytkownik Alan Cox napisa?: >>If we can do it for quota - we could possible remove the >>IPC_OLD variant away as well. It's looong overdue by now, >>becouse the IPC_OLD was not standard conformant anyway. >> >>I would be really really glad to do it iff ACK-ed. > > > More code that takes almost no space, ensures old systems still work and > old XFree86 still runs on new kernels. Why remove it ?
It is an illusion to think that you can actually run *that old* a.out binaries on a modern kernel I think.
BTW. (almost no space) * (many times) == huge number.
> If you want to design a mathematically elegant and small ultra clean OS go > do it. Linux however has to work in the real world not in the happy clueless > world of pure mathematical elegance
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