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| author | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2020-04-15 17:17:32 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2020-04-15 17:17:32 +0200 |
| commit | 076f09afbac1aa57756faa7a8feadb7936a724e4 (patch) | |
| tree | 403647ecb96c88decbd178be4999cc5caf097b21 /NEWS | |
| parent | c4d4419433f1b2c9c4d54ee6da2b0d2a30e3fda8 (diff) | |
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Linux: Remove <sys/sysctl.h> and the sysctl function
Linux 5.5 remove the system call in commit
61a47c1ad3a4dc6882f01ebdc88138ac62d0df03 ("Linux: Remove
<sys/sysctl.h>"). Therefore, the compat function is just a stub that
sets ENOSYS.
Due to SHLIB_COMPAT, new ports will not add the sysctl function anymore
automatically.
x32 already lacks the sysctl function, so an empty sysctl.c file is
used to suppress it. Otherwise, a new compat symbol would be added.
Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 3cf738adfb..2424fecdc0 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ Major new features: Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: - [Add deprecations, removals and changes affecting compatibility here] +* The deprecated <sys/sysctl.h> header and the sysctl function have been + removed. To support old binaries, the sysctl function continues to + exist as a compatibility symbol (on those architectures which had it), + but always fails with ENOSYS. This reflects the removal of the system + call from all architectures, starting with Linux 5.5. Changes to build and runtime requirements: |