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From: guy@sun.uucp (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: 4.2 source compatibility
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 16:59:53 EDT
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> I really like to try to keep my source code generic, with the
> occasional machine/compiler/operating dependencies handled with
> #ifdef's.  This is more-or-less possible in all cases I have come
> across except for the stupid .h files that moved under 4.2.  (I
> refer specifically to time.h and ndir.h .) ...
> 
> A PLEA TO BERKELEY (but it's probably too late for 4.3):

I believe there is a  as well as a  in 4.3 (yay!).  As
for , I don't know which systems other than 4.[23] are distributed
with the directory library; the maintainers of those systems should 1) put
 or whatever into  and 2) put the directory library routines
into the C library.  4.3 should then make  a symlink to 
or something like that.  (We did both at CCI - the first in our V7/S3-based
system and the second in our 4.2-based system.)

	Guy Harris