From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:58:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Initial AIX portability fixes.
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.63.0512070055430.5888@wbgn013.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de>
In-Reply-To: <20493.1133907616@lotus.CS.Berkeley.EDU>

Hi,

On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Jason Riedy wrote:

> -#define _XOPEN_SOURCE /* glibc2 needs this */
> +#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500 /* glibc2 and AIX 5.3L need this */
> +#define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1 /* AIX 5.3L needs this */

Why not enclose the #define in #ifndef/#endif, and do the real magic in 
the Makefile? Within the AIX clause:

	ALL_CFLAGS += -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1

This way the source does not get cluttered with platform dependent 
defines.

Hth,
Dscho