The following reply was made to PR pkg/33499; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: joerg@britannica.bec.de
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/33499: net/ipw: patch to fix local variable conflict with global
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 11:35:20 +0200

 On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 12:20:00AM +0000, gcw@primenet.com.au wrote:
 > 	ipw uses a static variable with the same name as global version in
 > 	<unistd.h>
 > 	Patch to rename local var below.
 
 Not sure if I have the time to look at it, but whoever tackles this
 problem should make sure that the local optreset is *really* meant.
 
 Joerg