Re: [PATCH v2] config.mak.uname: update settings for FreeBSD

From: Carlo Arenas <carenas@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 12, 2025, 13:52 UTC
Message-ID: <CAPUEspguEY+e-J0dMA2EdDgu=t4fK5ASS13Jfp_Mgwiq3Rtd0Q@mail.gmail.com>

On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 12:36:46AM -0800, Brad Smith wrote:

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> FreeBSD 6.0 has memmem().

but AFAIK it was buggy, uncompatible with the "standard" and didn't perform that well, at least until FreeBSD 12.

assuming that the system version is indeed faster than the one provided with git (which should be true but worth testing) then it might be better to only enable this for later versions?

> With making 6.0 the minimum version drop bits for supporting
> FreeBSD 4.x.

FreeBSD 4.x is no longer supported and wouldn't even build a current git, since it predates C99 and is missing POSIX compatibility with what we require (ex: no statvfs)

Carlo