[RFC] Move/Rename include/wait.h ("wait.h")
Jeffrey A Law
law@cygnus.com
Wed Dec 8 22:38:00 GMT 1999
In message < 384F481D.A77D2CEF@cygnus.com >you write:
> Hello,
>
> I'd like to put forward the proposal that the file ``include/wait.h'' be
> either:
>
> o renamed to include/gnu-wait.h (?)
>
> o moved to gdb/gdb-wait.h
>
> The original purpose of the file was to fill in any missing macro's not
> defined by <wait.h> and/or <sys/wait.h>. Unfortunately, because its
> name clashes with <wait.h>, it can easily lead to confusion over which
> header file (and sometimes the wrong header file) is being included.
>
> I'd like to rename/move the file so that this problem goes away :-) My
> preferred option is to move it to the GDB directory as gdb-wait.h since,
> to the best of my knowledge, nothing else is using it.
>
> Other than GDB is there any code that relies on this file?
I do not think GCC directly relies on it. If we're picking up that file,
it's by accident.
jeff
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