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Re: [Patch] Enable libzfs detection on Linux
From: |
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko |
Subject: |
Re: [Patch] Enable libzfs detection on Linux |
Date: |
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:39:20 +0100 |
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On 10.11.2011 21:02, Robert Millan wrote:
> Hi Zachary,
>
> 2011/9/14 Zachary Bedell <address@hidden>:
>> FWIW, my commit comment locally for this was:
>> * Adjusts autoconf logic to properly detect libzfs on Linux.
>> * Includes additional headers necessary for libspl.
> Excuse me if I missed something, but weren't you holding the position
> that libzfs ABI was too unstable and relying on it from external
> programs was a bad idea?
>
> Recently Debian has had severe problems in this area because of this.
> C.f. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=645305
>
> Last month I sent a proof of concept patch that implements this idea
> (in "getroot for ZFS without libzfs?" thread). Did you see this part
> of the thread?
And I dislike this pseudo device.
--
Regards
Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko
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