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Re: [patch] sysdeps/generic/siglist.h
- From: Marcus Brinkmann <marcus dot brinkmann at ruhr-uni-bochum dot de>
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Wed, 03 Nov 2004 02:59:20 +0100
- Subject: Re: [patch] sysdeps/generic/siglist.h
At Tue, 2 Nov 2004 17:50:49 -0800,
Roland McGrath wrote:
>
> > sysdeps/generic/siglist.c doesn't compile with
> > sysdeps/generic/bits/signum.h. The signum.h misses signal numbers for
> > signals used unconditionally in sysdeps/generic/siglist.h (which is
> > included by sysdeps/generic/siglist.c).
>
> These are numbers that really must be defined by any real POSIX
> implementation. If the sysdeps/generic file is useless, then perhaps one
> of the other most-commonly-used files ought to move there instead.
Obviously I use my own signum.h file for my port. I just noticed this
issue, and thought it may be useful to point it out.
My patch actually can be considered to be harmful as it could cloud
that a definition is lacking. Maybe sysdeps/generic/signum.h should
just contain an #error.
Thanks,
Marcus