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Re: [PATCH] sys/kd.h should undefine _LINUX_TYPES_H if it set it.
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005, Jeremy Huddleston whispered secretively:
> On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 16:07 +0000, Nix wrote:
>> In general, if you have libc/kernel-header userspace problems, the
>> place to fix them is in the linux-libc-headers: don't hack up glibc
>> or the kernel headers proper for such things.
>
> That is generally true, and indeed I have fixed the problems in the
> linux headers in the past, but in this case, it is an error in glibc.
> sys/kd.h should not leave _LINUX_TYPES_H set if it was the one to define
> it.
I suppose in a sense it is namespace pollution... but I wish you
luck getting Ulrich to agree with that interpretation :)
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