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Re: linux & /proc

To: smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)
Subject: Re: linux & /proc
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
Date: 02 Nov 1998 17:03:23 -0800
Cc: libc-hacker@gnu.org
References: <363D8B94.AC28B079@kieray1.p.y.ki.era.ericsson.se> <199811021317.OAA00281@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de> <910021750.10205@noris.de> <71lhao$7gr$1@work.noris.de>
Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)

smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs) writes:

> getcwd() uses /proc only when the system call is missing. Since this holds
> only for a few 2.1 kernels, the code should probably be removed.

Let's wait until after the official 2.2 release.  If this proofs to be
stable we have good reasons to say not to use these old development
versions.

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References:
- linux & /proc
  - From: Kenneth Johansson <erakeon@kieray1.p.y.ki.era.ericsson.se>
- Re: linux & /proc
  - From: Martin von Loewis <martin@mira.isdn.cs.tu-berlin.de>
- Re: linux & /proc
  - From: smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs)

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