pollutes global namespace
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.NetBSD.org>
From: Ingolf Steinbach <027gwqp02@sneakemail.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 06/25/2004 00:59:57
>Number: 26048
>Category: port-m68k
>Synopsis: <signal.h> pollutes global namespace
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-m68k-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 24 23:01:00 UTC 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ingolf Steinbach
>Release: NetBSD 2.0_BETA
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
System: NetBSD aphrodite 2.0_BETA NetBSD 2.0_BETA (INSTALL) #0: Sat Jun 12 16:56:01 UTC 2004 autobuild@tgm.netbsd.org:/autobuild/netbsd-2-0/amiga/OBJ/autobuild/netbsd-2-0/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/INSTALL amiga
Architecture: m68k
Machine: amiga
>Description:
Including <signal.h> introduces symbols in the global namespace
which can easily cause conflicts. This problem seems to apply to all
m68k architecture based machines running the 2004-06-12 snapshot of
NetBSD 2.0_BETA.
BTW, this problem is related to pkg/25969.
>How-To-Repeat:
Try to compile the following C program:
/*----------------------*/
include <signal.h>
struct frame { int foo; };
int main() { return 0; }
/*----------------------*/
Compilation (with gcc) fails:
frame.c:2: error: redefinition of `struct frame'
The previous definition of struct frame came from /usr/include/m68k/cpuframe.h.
>Fix:
Add suitable protection to some m68k header file.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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