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Re: PATH_MAX in sys/param.h
- To: alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk
- Subject: Re: PATH_MAX in sys/param.h
- From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
- Date: 19 Jan 1999 22:06:59 -0800
- Cc: Linux Alpha-Glibc <libc-alpha@cygnus.com>
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9901192330220.2839-100000@tahallah.demon.co.uk>
- Reply-To: drepper@cygnus.com (Ulrich Drepper)
Alex Buell <alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk> writes:
> rpm-2.5.6 uses PATH_MAX in verify.c, but only includes the following files
> errno.h, fcntl.h, stdlib.h, string.h and unistd.h.
>
> Unfortunately sys/param.h is only included from the resolv.h header file.
> In all my greps around, this was the only instance where it is being
> included.
>
> Shouldn't unistd.h or stdlib.h include sys/param.h automatically?
No. And what has sys/param.h to do with it? If a program wants to
learn about system limits it has to include, surprise, limits.h.
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