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On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 02:57:38PM +0200, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> in older glibc eg sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/errno.h had code like
...
> /* We wouldn't need a special macro anymore but it is history.  */

It looks like we'd need to look at even older versions to find out why
the macro was ever needed.

Thanks!

Alexander