Eric Blake <ebl...@redhat.com> writes:
> On 09/21/2010 06:22 AM, Simon Josefsson wrote:
>> As an initial response to this problem, I'm installing a self check of
>> the net/if.h interface. See below. Mats, if you could quote the
>> compiler errors you get when building the self-check below on OpenBSD,
>> that would be useful. The next step is to see how gnulib can provide a
>> replacement that works on various systems. Perhaps OpenBSD isn't the
>> only system not working here.
>
> +#include <net/if.h>
> +#include <stddef.h> /* NULL */
> +#include <stdio.h> /* printf */
> +
> +int
> +main (int argc, char *argv[])
> +{
> + struct if_nameindex ifn, *ifnp, *p;
> + void (*if_fni) (struct if_nameindex *) = if_freenameindex;
>
> Rather than doing this via a struct in main(), after you have already
> dragged in other headers, it would be nicer to use "signature.h" and
> do signature validation at the top of the file. Would you like me to
> prepare a patch along those lines?
Yes please do and push it. I haven't used the signature.h mechanism (or
I have forgotten how to), so I'll learn if you post the patch.
/Simon
