_ATFILE_SOURCE Obsoletion

Andreas Schwab schwab@suse.de
Wed Oct 18 09:42:00 GMT 2017


On Okt 18 2017, Rical Jasan <ricaljasan@pacific.net> wrote:

> Does it really serve a useful purpose to broaden the definition of
> _ATFILE_SOURCE?  I understand the desire to cease support of historical
> artifacts, but I would rather remove support entirely than merely change
> the definition.  While POSIX.1-2008 may imply __USE_ATFILE,
> _ATFILE_SOURCE does not necessarily imply all of POSIX.1-2008.

Is _ATFILE_SOURCE actually used in the wild in the strict sense?

Andreas.

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