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[Bug libc/21457] sys/ucontext.h namespace


https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21457

--- Comment #20 from Markus Trippelsdorf <markus at trippelsdorf dot de> ---
(In reply to Carlos O'Donell from comment #19)
> (In reply to Markus Trippelsdorf from comment #18)
> > It also breaks the build of Chromium
> > (https://chromium.googlesource.com/breakpad/breakpad/)
> > 
> > All this is annoying and unnecessary churn. You cannot simply break
> > real world code left and right because some unimportant POSIX conform
> > tests fail (who cares?).
> > 
> > (and the compiler santizers (compiler-rt) are broken by a similar change:
> > struct sigaltstack -> stack_t)
> > 
> > Please reconsider.
> 
> If you would like to discuss such consideration please start a thread on
> libc-alpha and state your position clearly. Please see "How do I build
> consensus?"
> https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Consensus#How_do_I_build_consensus.3F

Actually, the fix for Chromium is almost trivial.
And ucontext_t also works for older glibcs, so #ifdefs aren't necessary.
Therefore I retract my objection.

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