[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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