From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/2161 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Isaac Dunham Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Add basic sys/cdefs.h found on most unix Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 16:50:13 -0700 Message-ID: <20121020165013.c849d997.idunham@lavabit.com> References: <1350764145-10305-1-git-send-email-awg@embtoolkit.org> <1350764145-10305-3-git-send-email-awg@embtoolkit.org> <20121020161841.ef32cdd2.idunham@lavabit.com> <5083360C.3020602@embtoolkit.org> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1350777026 18689 80.91.229.3 (20 Oct 2012 23:50:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:50:26 +0000 (UTC) To: musl@lists.openwall.com Original-X-From: musl-return-2162-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Sun Oct 21 01:50:34 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org Original-Received: from mother.openwall.net ([195.42.179.200]) by plane.gmane.org with smtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1TPioM-0006ps-1Q for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:50:34 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 5752 invoked by uid 550); 20 Oct 2012 23:50:26 -0000 Mailing-List: contact musl-help@lists.openwall.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: Original-Received: (qmail 5744 invoked from network); 20 Oct 2012 23:50:26 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=lavabit; d=lavabit.com; b=IVp2tISDXdz72eyT57jd9SQwh98ZuW1//4CPDYIbS0MlbjT5u/Z1F5v8y61Zc2Tl/6IhLiepdXA/D+xjQyns4wI3IFhx+E5MnNX+Cruqn9Jej1Kxg2Q73tE8IBUcxBb2XQQDT4Qe771PO9YkWaK/9SSyqId1s/JcUDAJetV56bg=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-Id:In-Reply-To:References:X-Mailer:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; In-Reply-To: <5083360C.3020602@embtoolkit.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.20.1; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:2161 Archived-At: On Sun, 21 Oct 2012 01:38:52 +0200 Abdoulaye Walsimou GAYE wrote: > On 10/21/2012 01:18 AM, Isaac Dunham wrote: > > On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 22:15:43 +0200 > > Abdoulaye Walsimou Gaye wrote: > > > >> Signed-off-by: Abdoulaye Walsimou Gaye > >> --- > >> include/sys/cdefs.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ > >> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+) > >> create mode 100644 include/sys/cdefs.h > > I'm pretty sure that the last three times sys/cdefs.h was proposed, it was rejected. > Unfortunately many packages (wrongly?) use to rely on macros defined there, > sometimes indirectly via . Yes, but that wasn't enough of a reason the last three times. It isn't standard (-> not universal/portable), is very easily replaced, and even if it is added for compatability, it should not be used internally. I would say that the last point is the most important. Isaac Dunham