* Maxim Sobolev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080507 15:05] wrote: > Alfred Perlstein wrote: > >>It appears that autoconf only believes a type is real if you can typedef > >>it to another type, cast 0 to a valid pointer to the new typedef'd type, > >>and do a sizeof() of the typdef'd type. The last is where having an > >>opaque type breaks down for scripts that want to make sure FILE is a real > >>type. > > > > > >Oh c'mon! we're going to revert this needed fix just because of > >autoconf? > > > >By the time 8.0 rolls around, autoconf will be fixed and there > >will be some standard patch/workaround for old autoconf. > > > >Let's just roll forward with this. We've needed it for years. > > Can you please explain the "needed" part? What are gains apart from pure > aesthetics and removing some type dependency from libc that otherwise > needs to know actual storage type of pthread_t&Co? Neither is worth > breaking zillion autoconf scripts out there IMHO (not everybody uses up > to date ports and ports in general!).
My understanding is that we are stuck with a max 16k stdio descriptors until we rev the structure. Regarding the API rev, this is in CURRENT, and we can change things. I don't think a few base utils AND autoconf is reason to abort this direction. -- - Alfred Perlstein _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
