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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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