From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.lib.musl.general/1802 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Arvid E. Picciani" Newsgroups: gmane.linux.lib.musl.general Subject: Re: Best bikeshed ever (feature test macros) Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:48:13 +0200 Message-ID: <9fa94dd223adf9ad8f60fe1e1b653bed@exys.org> References: <20120824214138.GA17792@brightrain.aerifal.cx> Reply-To: musl@lists.openwall.com NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1346575717 17001 80.91.229.3 (2 Sep 2012 08:48:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 08:48:37 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: musl-return-1803-gllmg-musl=m.gmane.org@lists.openwall.com Sun Sep 02 10:48:39 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 1T85r7-0003hn-LP for gllmg-musl@plane.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Sep 2012 10:48:33 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 14174 invoked by uid 550); 2 Sep 2012 08:48:30 -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 14165 invoked from network); 2 Sep 2012 08:48:29 -0000 In-Reply-To: <20120824214138.GA17792@brightrain.aerifal.cx> X-Sender: aep@exys.org User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.5.4 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.linux.lib.musl.general:1802 Archived-At: Heya, i'm a bit confused over 1 vs 2. On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:41:38 -0400, Rich Felker wrote: > Using -D_GNU_SOURCE works 99% > of the time, but the other 1% of the time it will _break_ programs > that are already correctly using -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=700 > > 2. Making the kitchen sink (_GNU_SOURCE) available by default. > > PROS: Works with most software and won't break software that's > already > correctly using feature test macros. I see how _GNU_SOURCE breaks stuff, but how does it not break if its the default? (as for the opinion part: i don't work on GNU/Crap so almost all of the software i use musl with works fine now) -- Arvid E. Picciani