Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Sun, 30 Dec 2001 23:59:39 -0200 | From | Ralf Baechle <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH][RFC] global errno considered harmful |
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On Sun, Dec 30, 2001 at 05:10:41PM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> > As user application are trying to use unistd.h and expect errno to get > > set properly unistd.h or at least it's syscallX macros will have to be > > made unusable from userspace or silent breakage of such apps rebuild > > against new headers will occur. > > Userspace should be using glibc's unistd.h. If it's using the kernel's, > it's broken.
A sufficient number take the unavailability of new syscall in everybody's glibc as a sufficient excuse for broken code. util-linux as a major offender comes to mind or also e2fsprogs.
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