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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH] include sys/sysmacros.h for major
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Mike Frysinger |
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Re: [gpsd-dev] [PATCH] include sys/sysmacros.h for major |
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Mon, 9 May 2016 22:00:52 -0400 |
On 09 May 2016 14:51, Gary E. Miller wrote:
> On Mon, 9 May 2016 17:23:21 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On 09 May 2016 12:52, Fred Wright wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > your man pages are out of date
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> What functions? I'd like to check.
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/commit/man3/makedev.3?id=3350a86413d770198e11fe8df9a3cd5710240dc3
> > > The
> > > previous issue of this form apparently only happened due to a
> > > temporary deficiency in a bleeding-edge glibc.
> >
> > it isn't a deficiency, it's the long term plan
>
> Got a link?
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-11/msg00253.html
-mike
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