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From Tatsuo Ishii
Subject Re: Back-patch use of unnamed POSIX semaphores for Linux?
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Msg-id 20161207.141341.354688247472486759.t-ishii@sraoss.co.jp
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In response to Re: Back-patch use of unnamed POSIX semaphores for Linux?  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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> Potential risks involving minor upgrades are far higher than the risks
> involved by systemd, so -1 for a backpatch seen from here.

As long as we would have a compile time switch to enable/disable the
back-patched feature, it seems it would be acceptable. In the worst
case, the back-patching could bring disasters, but in that case
packagers could turn off the switch and ship updated version of
packages.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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