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Re: [PATCH] Simplify strchrnul() compat code

From
Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Nov 11, 2007, 10:44 UTC
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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se> writes:
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> René Scharfe wrote:
>>  -#ifdef NO_STRCHRNUL
>> +#if !defined(__GLIBC__) && !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 1)
>
> This will break things for users of glibc-2.1.1 (the first release still
> available from ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/glibc/old-releases that
> includes the strchrnul() function), since __GLIBC_PREREQ() was invented
> after strchrnul() was introduced.
>
> Replacing __GLIBC__ with __GLIBC_PREREQ (as in the original patch) will
> solve it nicely. Users of glibc-2.1.1 will be the odd minority where
> strchrnul() is available in their libc but not used.

Do you mean this on top of René's patch? Although I do not think I saw "the original patch" that did it this way, I think it makes sense.

diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
index 11e6df6..dd96f7a 100644
--- a/git-compat-util.h
+++ b/git-compat-util.h
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ void *gitmemmem(const void *haystack, size_t haystacklen,
                 const void *needle, size_t needlelen);
 #endif
 
-#if !defined(__GLIBC__) && !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 1)
+#if !defined(__GLIBC_PREREQ) && !__GLIBC_PREREQ(2, 1)
 #define strchrnul gitstrchrnul
 static inline char *gitstrchrnul(const char *s, int c)
 {
Previous: Andreas EricssonNext: Andreas Ericsson
Message 10 of 18 in “Add strchrnul()”
  1. 1/2 Add strchrnul()René Scharfe, Nov 9, 2007
  2. Johannes SchindelinNov 9, 2007
  3. Jeff KingNov 9, 2007
  4. Andreas EricssonNov 9, 2007
  5. Jakub NarebskiNov 9, 2007
  6. Andreas EricssonNov 9, 2007
  7. Jakub NarebskiNov 9, 2007
  8. Simplify strchrnul() compat codeRené Scharfe, Nov 10, 2007
  9. Andreas EricssonNov 10, 2007
  10. Junio C HamanoNov 11, 2007
  11. Andreas EricssonNov 11, 2007
  12. David SymondsNov 12, 2007
  13. Johannes SixtNov 12, 2007
  14. David SymondsNov 12, 2007
  15. Johannes SixtNov 12, 2007
  16. David SymondsNov 12, 2007
  17. Jakub NarebskiNov 12, 2007
  18. Fix preprocessor logic that determines the availablity of strchrnul().Johannes Sixt, Nov 12, 2007

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