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Re: [PATCH] sys/kd.h should undefine _LINUX_TYPES_H if it set it.


On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 07:07 +0000, Nix wrote:
> > 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 :)

Either way, that patch is being included in Gentoo's release... I just
wanted to make it slightly more public.  It's up to you guys if you want
to include it in your releases.  The kernel/libc headers issue is touchy
to volatile, and I'd like to stay out of that political fire pit.

Thanks,
Jeremy

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