From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Greg McGary To: Robert Bernecky Cc: Chris Lattner , , Subject: Re: Esthetics (or worse?) of Secure Pointers Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 17:00:00 -0000 Message-id: References: X-SW-Source: 2001-04/msg00828.html Robert Bernecky writes: > Consider an app, APP, that calls both XFree86 code and also calls > something else large, like tcp/ip code. TCP/IP APs are already done as part of glibc. > In order to convert APP to use bounded pointers, Xfree86 and tcp/ip > have to be compiled as bounded first. The X protocol doesn't transmit pointers, so BP X apps should run on a non-BP X server. Assuming you have your multilibs configured properly, non-BP X apps continue to work using the non-BP X libs, while you slog away building BP versions of X libs, and step by step, you get them up and now you can run BP X apps too. > All their callers must then be converted at the same > time. It's right up there with budgie jumping and parrot shoot > jumping: a high level of committment is called for. Bob, try to relax. You just haven't lived with the problem long enough. In time, you'll feel much less intimidated. Start small: port some ncurses programs before you tackle X11! 8^) Greg