From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/4745 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: u-igbb@aetey.se Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: paths.h and similar constants, internal usage? Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:36:09 +0000 Message-ID: <20140329173609.GK8221@example.net> References: <20140329083856.GI8221@example.net> <20140329171946.GV26358@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1396114602 13124 80.91.229.3 (29 Mar 2014 17:36:42 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:36:42 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-4749-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Sat Mar 29 18:36:37 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WTxBL-0002KF-6k for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:36:35 +0100 Original-Received: (qmail 19738 invoked by uid 550); 29 Mar 2014 17:36:34 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 19730 invoked from network); 29 Mar 2014 17:36:34 -0000 X-T2-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50 Received-SPF: none receiver=mailfe02.swip.net; client-ip=204.8.156.142; envelope-from=u-igbb@aetey.se Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140329171946.GV26358@brightrain.aerifal.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:4745 Archived-At: Hello Rich, On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 01:19:46PM -0400, Rich Felker wrote: > paths.h is just there for making some bad legacy apps happy. It's not > a system we want to use. [... skipping the more detailed clarification ...] Ok, I see you want to keep it separate (and possibly even be able to lie to the legacy applications when you find it fit). > Anyway, if you have specific requirements you're trying to find a > solution to, please let us know what you're doing. For any request > like this, a strong motivation is needed. This was not a request, but mostly an offer. I felt that explicit synchronization of identical strings might help consistency. Not like I need this for my own purposes. As to the contrary you want to keep these parts as far apart from each other as possible, there is of course no sense in pursuing a non-goal. :) Rune