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Re [Fwd: unistd.h for Cygwin]




Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the responses:
> 
> The `gtopt.h' "is part of the GNU C Library"
> and the one distributed by cygwin is copytighted by
> "The Regents of the University of California".
> 
> Is there a conventional way to avoid the reading of the first one
> distributed by Cygwin in view to read only the distributed by `tetex' ?
> 
> Is it dangerous to define "__GETOPT_H__" somewhere to do that ?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Jerome BENOIT
> 
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:header file distributed within tetex
> >
> > On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 10:26:55PM +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Bonjour:
> > > >
> > > > I am rebuilding the tetex-beta package:
> > > > I have just encountered  an error message
> > > > which did not occur during the last built.
> > > >
> > > > ../kpathsea/getopt.h:99: redefinition of `struct option'
> > > >
> > > > The error comes out because the `/usr/include/getopt.h' is read before
> > > > by `/usr/include/unistd.h' which reads two headers:
> > > >
> > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> > > > /* unistd.h for Cygwin. */
> > > >
> > > > #ifndef _UNISTD_H_
> > > > #define _UNISTD_H_
> > > >
> > > > # include <sys/unistd.h>
> > > > # include <getopt.h>
> > > >
> > > > #endif /* _UNISTD_H_ */
> > > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> > > >
> > > > Is it a bug or a feature ?
> >
> > A feature.  At least it's supposed to be one.  According to
> > SUSv2 you have to include unistd.h to include the declaration
> > of getopt() and friends:
> >
> > http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/getopt.html
> >
> > Corinna
> >
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