From: Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2012 19:20:44 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] remote-testsvn.c: Avoid the getline() GNU extension function
Message-ID: <CABPQNSZfUO-vjVmBU2+CMbxTXMj_HT=cTFfVbnehUjqOL-vkxw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <503907B3.9040101@ramsay1.demon.co.uk>

On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM, Ramsay Jones
<ramsay@ramsay1.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> The getline() function is a GNU extension (you need to define
> _GNU_SOURCE before including stdio.h) and is, therefore, not
> portable. In particular, getline() is not available on MinGW.

Actually, getline is a POSIX-2008 feature, so it's not (simply) a GNU extension:

http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/getline.html