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Re: [rfc] Remove sys_quotactl define on i386 targets
- From: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- To: Ulrich Weigand <uweigand at de dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 08:53:53 -0400
- Subject: Re: [rfc] Remove sys_quotactl define on i386 targets
- References: <200705120022.l4C0Mffd028917@d12av02.megacenter.de.ibm.com>
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.
--
Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery