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Re: [rfc] Remove sys_quotactl define on i386 targets
- From: "Ulrich Weigand" <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- To: drow at false dot org (Daniel Jacobowitz)
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 15:22:02 +0200 (CEST)
- Subject: Re: [rfc] Remove sys_quotactl define on i386 targets
Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 02:22:41AM +0200, Ulrich Weigand wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > for the i386-linux target, both the TM file and configure.ac (for the
> > native case) define sys_quotactl to "work around a problem with
> > /usr/include/sys/procfs.h". This code is in the tree for at least
> > 10 years now. I was unable to determine what that "problem" was;
> > in any case it appears to be long gone.
> >
> > The following patch removes this define without any apparent adverse
> > effect. It also removes the configure.ac definition of
> > START_INFERIOR_TRAPS_EXPECTED to 2, as this is the default anyway.
> >
> > Tested on i386-linux.
> >
> > I'd like to commit this to get rid of one more weird TM define --
> > does anyone still remember the background of this problem?
>
> No one seems to; I think you should commit the patch.
OK, I've committed this now.
Thanks,
Ulrich
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Dr. Ulrich Weigand
GNU Toolchain for Linux on System z and Cell BE
Ulrich.Weigand@de.ibm.com