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Re: [PATCH v2] hppa: add fanotify_mark
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: "Carlos O'Donell" <carlos at redhat dot com>
- Cc: "Joseph S. Myers" <joseph at codesourcery dot com>, Mike Frysinger <vapier at gentoo dot org>, libc-ports at sourceware dot org, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 15:08:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] hppa: add fanotify_mark
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> On 08/30/2013 04:51 PM, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > It just seems fundamentally wrong to backport a new symbol.
>
> It's nice to say that it's wrong, but what are the alternatives?
Obviously, you just live without the symbol until you upgrade to a libc new
enough to have it.