Re: [PATCH] autoconf: Add test for sys/select.h header file

From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Jan 26, 2008, 06:25 UTC
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In-Reply-To: <1201259981-7115-1-git-send-email-jnareb@gmail.com>

Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com> writes:

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> Some systems like HP-UX don't have sys/select.h; the select stuff
> is already present in some other headef file (e.g. sys/time.h for
> HP-UX).
>
> Companion to
>   "some systems don't have (and need) sys/select.h"
>
> Signed-off-by: Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
> ---
> It could be alternately just squashed together with
> "some systems don't have (and need) sys/select.h" by Robert Schiele.
>
> Robert, could you please check this patch on HP-UX? It does work
> correctly on Linux (which has sys/select.h).

The issue is not really about "do we have <sys/select.h>?" but is about "do we need to include <sys/select.h> in order to obtain declaration of select(2)?" so this is covering only a half of the issue. But I guess we will find out if the system does not offer select(2) whether <sys/select.h> is included or not, so this is not too bad.

Will apply. I do not think it would have problems but even if it does it is small and easy to revert before the final.

Thanks.