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SubjectRe: [patch] scrub non-__GLIBC__ checks in linux/socket.h and linux/stat.h
On Sat Dec 16, 2006 at 01:42:11PM -0500, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On 11/30/06, Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@mindspring.com> wrote:
> >but there are a few other
> >cases which still contain compound preprocessor directives such as:
> >
> > #if defined(__KERNEL__) || !defined(__GLIBC__) || (__GLIBC__ < 2)
> >
> >having never worked with unifdef before, i guess i was being overly
> >optimistic in thinking that it, if i "unifdef"ed __KERNEL__, it might
> >at least simplify the expression. oh, well ... live and learn.
>
> userspace should be worrying about userspace, so having the socket.h
> and stat.h pollute the namespace in the non-glibc case is wrong and
> pretty much prevents any other libc from utilizing these headers
> sanely unless they set up the __GLIBC__ define themselves (which
> sucks)
> -mike

Ack from me. I'd love to see this applied so uClibc could
stop have to define __GLIBC__

-Erik

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