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Re: [PATCH v2 03/10] compat: introduce new "zlib.h" header

From
Karthik Nayak <karthik.188@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 15, 2025, 14:00 UTC
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Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im> writes:
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> Introduce a new "compat/zlib-compat.h" header that we include instead of
> including <zlib.h> directly. This will allow us to wire up zlib-ng as an
> alternative backend for zlib compression in a subsequent commit.
>
> Note that we cannot just call the file "compat/zlib.h", as that may
> otherwise cause us to include that file instead of <zlib.h>.
>

TIL. This would be an issue if we added "compat/" to the list of paths the compiler checks for headers no? I couldn't find anything in our Makefile doing this, or did I miss it?

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> Signed-off-by: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
> ---
>  compat/zlib-compat.h | 6 ++++++
>  git-compat-util.h    | 2 +-
>  reftable/block.c     | 2 +-
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/compat/zlib-compat.h b/compat/zlib-compat.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bc20b884efab72028d5f696923e9800e39b08ce3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/compat/zlib-compat.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> +#ifndef COMPAT_ZLIB_H
> +#define COMPAT_ZLIB_H
> +
> +#include <zlib.h>
> +
> +#endif /* COMPAT_ZLIB_H */
> diff --git a/git-compat-util.h b/git-compat-util.h
> index c4b4b372b473ca0af2a4f5f60554f6d3df74f112..1ca26713221ba0270818ac61b6940f03cdf8b460 100644
> --- a/git-compat-util.h
> +++ b/git-compat-util.h
> @@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ int cmd_main(int, const char **);
>  int common_exit(const char *file, int line, int code);
>  #define exit(code) exit(common_exit(__FILE__, __LINE__, (code)))
>
> -#include <zlib.h>
> +#include "compat/zlib-compat.h"
>
>  /*
>   * This include must come after system headers, since it introduces macros that
> diff --git a/reftable/block.c b/reftable/block.c
> index 9858bbc7c5f7aa63fbcaf1acf9f4b5738e0b6d27..bc9b07963448e613ae14d2c4194b48764718290d 100644
> --- a/reftable/block.c
> +++ b/reftable/block.c
> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ license that can be found in the LICENSE file or at
>  #include "record.h"
>  #include "reftable-error.h"
>  #include "system.h"
> -#include <zlib.h>
> +#include "compat/zlib-compat.h"
>
>  int header_size(int version)
>  {
>
> --
> 2.48.0.257.gd3603152ad.dirty
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Message 16 of 56 in “compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backend”
  1. 0/8 compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backendPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  2. 1/8 compat: drop `uncompress2()` compatibility shimPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  3. 2/8 git-compat-util: drop `z_const` definePatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  4. 3/8 compat: introduce new "zlib.h" headerPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  5. 4/8 git-compat-util: move include of "compat/zlib.h" into "git-zlib.h"Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  6. 5/8 compat/zlib: provide `deflateBound()` shim centrallyPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  7. 7/8 git-zlib: cast away potential constness of `next_in` pointerPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  8. 6/8 compat/zlib: provide stubs for `deflateSetHeader()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  9. 8/8 compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backendPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 10, 2025
  10. Taylor BlauJan 10, 2025
  11. Patrick SteinhardtJan 13, 2025
  12. 00/10 compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backendPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  13. 01/10 compat: drop `uncompress2()` compatibility shimPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  14. 02/10 git-compat-util: drop `z_const` definePatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  15. 03/10 compat: introduce new "zlib.h" headerPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  16. Karthik NayakJan 15, 2025
  17. Patrick SteinhardtJan 15, 2025
  18. Karthik NayakJan 16, 2025
  19. 04/10 git-compat-util: move include of "compat/zlib.h" into "git-zlib.h"Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  20. 05/10 compat/zlib: provide `deflateBound()` shim centrallyPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  21. 06/10 compat/zlib: provide stubs for `deflateSetHeader()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  22. Karthik NayakJan 15, 2025
  23. 07/10 git-zlib: cast away potential constness of `next_in` pointerPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  24. Karthik NayakJan 15, 2025
  25. 08/10 compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backendPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  26. 09/10 ci: switch linux-musl to use MesonPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  27. Karthik NayakJan 15, 2025
  28. Patrick SteinhardtJan 15, 2025
  29. Karthik NayakJan 16, 2025
  30. 10/10 ci: make "linux-musl" job use zlib-ngPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 14, 2025
  31. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2025
  32. Junio C HamanoJan 14, 2025
  33. Patrick SteinhardtJan 15, 2025
  34. Konstantin RyabitsevJan 15, 2025
  35. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2025
  36. Patrick SteinhardtJan 15, 2025
  37. Konstantin RyabitsevJan 16, 2025
  38. Patrick SteinhardtJan 15, 2025
  39. Karthik NayakJan 16, 2025
  40. 00/10 compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backendPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  41. 02/10 git-compat-util: drop `z_const` definePatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  42. 01/10 compat: drop `uncompress2()` compatibility shimPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  43. 03/10 compat: introduce new "zlib.h" headerPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  44. 04/10 git-compat-util: move include of "compat/zlib.h" into "git-zlib.h"Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  45. 05/10 compat/zlib: provide `deflateBound()` shim centrallyPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  46. 06/10 compat/zlib: provide stubs for `deflateSetHeader()`Patrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  47. Justin ToblerJan 27, 2025
  48. Patrick SteinhardtJan 28, 2025
  49. 07/10 git-zlib: cast away potential constness of `next_in` pointerPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  50. Justin ToblerJan 27, 2025
  51. Patrick SteinhardtJan 28, 2025
  52. 08/10 compat/zlib: allow use of zlib-ng as backendPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  53. 09/10 ci: switch linux-musl to use MesonPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  54. 10/10 ci: make "linux-musl" job use zlib-ngPatrick Steinhardt, Jan 16, 2025
  55. Karthik NayakJan 17, 2025
  56. Patrick SteinhardtJan 17, 2025

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