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Re: [PATCH] make git compile on old version of engarde linux

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Junio C Hamano <junkio@cox.net>
Date
Aug 12, 2006, 23:09 UTC
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"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@mellanox.co.il> writes:
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>> Alternatively Ramsay's _XOPEN_SOURCE patch is part of "next", so
>> if it fixes the problem for you that would confirm the patch is
>> a good one to have.
>
> BTW, would it make sense fr this patch to be cherry-picked into 1.4.8?
> I guess the reason that LNK macros are under GNU_SOURCE is the following
> text from stat(2):
>  
>        The S_ISLNK and S_ISSOCK macros
>        are not in POSIX.1-1996, but both will be in the next  POSIX  standard;
>        the former is from SVID 4v2, the latter from SUSv2.

I originally scheduled it for immediately after 1.4.2 but I would say why not. It makes sense and does not seem to break for people (otherwise I would have heard screams, hopefully).

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  1. Michael S. TsirkinAug 12, 2006
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 12, 2006

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