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[Bug libc/13324] sys/mount.h on linux defines poorly-namespaced macro BLOCK_SIZE
- From: "drepper.fsp at gmail dot com" <sourceware-bugzilla at sourceware dot org>
- To: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:59:44 +0000
- Subject: [Bug libc/13324] sys/mount.h on linux defines poorly-namespaced macro BLOCK_SIZE
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- References: <bug-13324-131@http.sourceware.org/bugzilla/>
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13324
Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
Resolution| |WONTFIX
--- Comment #2 from Ulrich Drepper <drepper.fsp at gmail dot com> 2011-10-23 20:59:44 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #0)
> Both of these names, especially BLOCK_SIZE, are quite likely to be found in a
> wide variety of code bases. They are too generic to be safely defined in a
> libc header.
Even if I would agree, there is no reason to break existing programs. The API
must be stable.
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