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minor flag day: 6497356 fork extensions

Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:55:23 -0800 (PST)
From: "Roger A. Faulkner" <Roger.Faulkner at eng dot sun dot com>
To: onnv-gate at onnv dot eng dot sun dot com, on-all at eng dot sun dot com
Subject: minor flag day: 6497356 fork extensions

This putback constitutes a minor flag day:

PSARC 2006/659 fork extensions
6497356 fork extensions

It introduces a new system call trap, implemented in the kernel
and used by libc.  The old system call traps are left unchanged,
so the combination of a new kernel and an old libc will continue
to work fine.  Cap-I Install users are safe.

However, a new libc will not work with an old kernel,
in particular, all calls to fork() will fail.

If you make changes to libc after bringing over these changes,
you need to recompile and install the kernel as well as libc.

Of course, a bfu of new archives takes care of everything.
Use bfu and be happy.

Roger Faulkner