Re: cygwin-latest: compile errors related to sockaddr_storage, dirent->d_type and dirent->d_ino
On 1/19/06, Petr Baudis <pasky@suse.cz> wrote:
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> Dear diary, on Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:47:00PM CET, I got a letter
> where Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com> said that...
> > For reasons unknown, cygwin decided to use our sockaddr_storage.
> > As it is redefined to sockaddr_in it'd cause compilation errors in
> > cygwin headers. Fixed by first patch, which uses a more git-related
> > name (can we claim rights for the symbol, being first to use it? :-)
>
> Huh? "Our"? See RFC 2553 and e.g.:
>
> http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/socket.h.html
>
> You have no business meddling with this identifier except working around
> platforms which do not support it, but then do not complain that things
> break when the platforms actually start supporting it. ;-)
That will remind me to consult the specs first.
Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>