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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] net_get_interfaces()
From: pollita@php.net (Sara Golemon)

On Sun, Nov 26, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Florian Anderiasch <ml@anderiasch.de> wrote:
> Looks good in theory, but without a lot of thought, how likely is this
> to break/work on "supported" operating systems? (Which ones are that,
> actually? http://php.net/manual/en/install.unix.php lists the BSDs and
> Solaris and HP/UX)
>
> I know, it explicitly mentions Windows and Linux - also probably someone
> tried it on OSX, and I don't think (Free|Open|Net)BSD will be a big
> problem here, but as I'm no expert on that - does that matter? Will it
> need "just a little work" or could the more exotic ones be more problematic?
>
Without a comprehensive CI matrix to run diffs like this against,
there's no way to be absolutely certain it'll work everywhere.

That said, the config.m4 changes specifically test for the new APIs
being used.  If they fail to compile in a standalone environment, the
new function isn't enabled for compilation in the main build.  So, at
worst, we may find some OSs (AIX, Solaris, etc...) simply don't gain
the new functionality, but it shouldn't {knock on wood} cause any
builds to break.  If it does, we have an entire year for interested
parties to catch it.

-Sara