Re: header protection for __FD_SET et al.

Richard Henderson (richard@stommel.tamu.edu)
Thu, 12 Jun 1997 22:36:07 -0500 (CDT)


> posix-types.h doesn't check for previous declarations of __FD_SET et
> al. as glibc has its own representation of fd_set, this results in
> problems. here's a patch against 2.1.42 which adds a little #define
> protection to the relevant files:

No. Glibc should not give a tinker's cuss what's in <asm/posix_types.h>.
The fix is to Not Do That in glibc, which is what I did in current snaps.

r~