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Re: patch for compiles that don't define "unix"


Fernando Nasser wrote:
> 
> [...]  The rdi-share subdirectory is
> supposed to
> contain code shared with ARM, so we shouldn't make local modifications
> in there
> (unless absolutely necessary).

As far as I know, ARM dumped these sources years ago, and there
aren't going to be new versions to import.  (Anybody with more
recent inside contacts please speak up.)  There's a lot of flakiness
and unfinished code in it too, and nobody volunteering to redo,
so I'd say not to worry too much about the amount of local mods -
just do whatever it takes to keep it working.

And the next time somebody tries to get a random library
imported into the code verbatim because "ours is the best
implementation of the protocol, and we're going to maintain it",
Just Say No.  I'm so sorry I put rdi-share in there.

Stan

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