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Re: [PATCH 1/3] Avoid duplication of _CLOEXEC and _NONBLOCK values
On Sat, Aug 14, 2010 at 6:18 AM, Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> I suggest that the reason it is not working is that the presence of
> multiple copies of these sys/* files violates the expectation that only
> bits/* files require versions for multiple target architectures to be
> updated - the prototypes and architecture-independent definitions should
> be in the present sys/* headers, but the _CLOEXEC and _NONBLOCK values
> should be in bits/* headers, and only the bits/* headers would be
> duplicated for multiple targets, so making it much more obvious which
> changes require target headers to be updated.
that sounds reasonable on all fronts
-mike