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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH] include sys/sysmacros.h for major
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Fred Wright |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH] include sys/sysmacros.h for major |
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Mon, 9 May 2016 12:52:09 -0700 (PDT) |
On Mon, 9 May 2016, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> These functions are not part of any official spec, and Linux C libs have
> always kept them in sys/sysmacros.h. Include the header directly to fix
> builds w/alternative C libs, and to work with future glibc versions.
Given that Linux's own man pages don't specify referencing sys/sysmacros.h
directly to get these definitions, this seems like a bad idea. The
previous issue of this form apparently only happened due to a temporary
deficiency in a bleeding-edge glibc.
Fred Wright