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Re: [PATCH 4/4] Deprecate inclusion of <sys/sysmacros.h> by <sys/types.h>


On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 9:26 AM, Zack Weinberg <zackw@panix.com> wrote:
> The macros defined by <sys/sysmacros.h> are not part of POSIX nor XSI,
> and their names have been found frequently to collide with user code;
> see for instance glibc bug 19239 and Red Hat bug 130601.  <stdlib.h>
> includes <sys/types.h> under _GNU_SOURCE, and C++ code presently cannot
> avoid being compiled under _GNU_SOURCE, exacerbating the problem.

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