Subject: Re: Missing header files
To: Daniel S Kosack <kosack@wam.umd.edu>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-pmax
Date: 03/11/1998 10:27:37
On Wed, 11 Mar 1998 07:57:06 -0500 (EST)
Daniel S Kosack <kosack@wam.umd.edu> wrote:
> > > errnos.h
> > > values.h
> > > alloca.h
> > > features.h
> >
> > These headers are not supposed to be in NetBSD at all. The code that
> > references them must be changed to use the headers appropriate for
> > NetBSD.
>
> Yes, I believe those headers are part of the System V or Linux branch.
> The lack of them in *BSD can be a REAL pain in porting.
No, they are pretty much Linux headers. The fact that Linux applications
use them directly makes Linux programs hard to port. But programs which
are written correctly (i.e. use standardized headers) don't have these
sorts of problems.
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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