Re: K4

[ja2morri@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (James Morrison)]

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> On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 01:35:08AM +0000, Robert Millan wrote:
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> > > I haven't built it yet...  I'm still catching up from being away.. =(
> 
> > when you do, make sure you add the semaphores patch, otherwise GNOME
> > remains unbuildable.
> 
> Is this a new semaphores patch, or Neal's old one?  If it's old one, I
> don't remember if it's interface-changing or not.  If it's not, I'm
> willing to look at it, if it is, I don't want to risk breaking ABI
> compatability.
> 
> Can you point me to it?

 The semaphore patch was rejected for the actual Hurd source.  However, if
someone wants to finish converting the patch to use __block/__wakeup I'll try
to find where my half done patch is.

Jim