Re: PR/44847 CVS commit: src/sys/sys

[Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR standards/44847; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jukka Ruohonen <jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: standards-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost
Subject: Re: PR/44847 CVS commit: src/sys/sys
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:06:06 +0200

 On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:00:07PM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR standards/44847; it has been noted by 
 > GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Martin Husemann <martin%homeworld.netbsd.org@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: christos%NetBSD.org@localhost, jruohonen%iki.fi@localhost
 > Subject: Re: PR/44847 CVS commit: src/sys/sys
 > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 11:57:03 +0000
 > 
 >  On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 09:35:02PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
 >  >  Log Message:
 >  >  PR/44847: Jukka Ruohonen: blksize_t should be signed.
 >  >  http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/000095399/basedefs/sys/types.h.html
 >  
 >  I object to this change, that part of the standard is obviously bogus
 >  and should not be blindly followed.
 
 I agree; it seems to me that this was inherited from whatever system was
 used as a base at the time of standardization (Solaris, AIX, or something).
 
 >  What use would a negative blocksize have?
 
 Not any I can think of. But maybe some error returns, etc., no idea.
 
 - Jukka.