RFC: deprecate sys/sysmacros.h inclusion from sys/types.h

[Zack Weinberg]

On 12/21/2015 03:31 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 9:03 AM, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
>> On 11/18/2015 11:13 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote:
>>> Andreas may still be running whole-distro rebuild tests, but enough
>>> results came back that I feel fairly confident saying that option B
>>> (remove the #include <sys/types.h> from stdlib.h) is a non-starter.
>>> There are too many (sloppily coded, yes) programs that include stdlib.h
>>> and expect it to expose all the POSIX foo_t types.  That leaves us with
>>> option A (remove the #include <sys/sysmacros.h> from sys/types.h) and
>>> even that is going to break stuff.  So we need a deprecation period.
>>>
>>> The attached, lightly tested, patch sets up that deprecation period.
>>
>> Ping.  The patch at
>> <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-11/msg00452.html> is awaiting
>> review.
> 
> Ping.

Ping.

My hacking time is very limited right now. With the freeze looming, I
would appreciate a definitive yes-or-no answer to whether this is wanted
in the next release (possibly with some concrete list of changes) so I
know whether I need to find time in the near future.

zw