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Re: Remove _G_off64_t and _G_stat64 from _G_config.h

From: Andreas Jaeger <aj at suse dot com>
To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 09:05:07 +0200
Subject: Re: Remove _G_off64_t and _G_stat64 from _G_config.h
References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1210090025140.21532@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>

On Tuesday, October 09, 2012 00:26:18 Joseph S. Myers wrote:
> Both versions of _G_config.h define _G_off64_t to __off64_t, and
> _G_stat64 (a struct tag) to stat64.  Both those underlying types are
> actually used generically within glibc, and there is no need for this
> level of indirection, which this patch removes.
> 
> Tested x86_64 that the code generated for glibc's shared libraries is
> identical before and after the patch.

Thanks, this is fine,

Andreas
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- Remove _G_off64_t and _G_stat64 from _G_config.h
  - From: Joseph S. Myers

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