32bit UID support for glibc 2.1.3

Horst von Brand vonbrand@sleipnir.valparaiso.cl
Wed Jan 12 18:01:00 GMT 2000


Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> said:

[...]

> So far the following entries are noted in NEWS:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Version 2.2
> 

[...]

> * Compatibility code for K&R C compilers has been removed from the
>   header files.  A ISO C compiler is needed to use the library
>   (conforming to either C89 or C99 standard).

Last time I looked around, it demanded gcc, not just ANSI C (lots of
inlines, gcc-specific functions, ...). But perhaps some of that cruft came
from Linux kernel header files?
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