Bug#910252: ITP: libnbcompat -- NetBSD compatibility library
On Sat, Oct 06 2018, Guillem Jover wrote:
> I see the packages have already gone through NEW, so I've taken a
> look. And I've almost got mtree-netbsd building using just libmd and
> libbsd. I'll be releasing new upstream versions fixing or adding the
> missing stuff:
>
> - libmd had bogus compat macros for SHA512, and missing ones for
> SHA384.
Hah - I was wondering about SHA512_File. Looked odd to me, but I
figured something else must have that interface.
> - libbsd is missing the pwcache modules from the BSDs, which I'll
> be adding.
> - libbsd is missing a <time.h> that implicitly includes
> <sys/time.h>, I'll be adding that.
>
> Then I've got some minimal patches for mtree-netbsd, which fix or improve
> things there, that I'll be sending your way once I've finished with the
> above. At which point I think it would be nice to drop libnbcompat
> completely?
That would be great, especially if the mtree patches really are
minimal.
> I really think libnbcompat should be completely unnecessary. :) And if
> there'd be new features required my mtree-netbsd in the future I'm
> always happy to consider new additions to these libraries if they make
> sense!
Sounds great. Appreciate it!
- John
>
> Thanks,
> Guillem
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