Matthias Andree:
> Am 26.02.2011 00:52, schrieb Sahil Tandon:
> > On Fri, 2011-02-25 at 10:50:45 +0100, kristof.vans...@telenet.be wrote:
> >
> >> This problem exist in the 2.7 and 2.8 branch:
> >>
> >> In file included from attr_clnt.c:77:
> >> /usr/include/unistd.h:329: error: conflicting types for 'closefrom'
> >> ./sys_defs.h:1399: error: previous declaration of 'closefrom' was here
> >> *** Error code 1
> >>
> >> Stop in /home/src/postfix-2.7.2/src/util.
> >> *** Error code 1
> >>
> >> Stop in /home/src/postfix-2.7.2.
> >
> > Ah, you are not using the ports infrastructure, in which sys_defs.h has
> > been patched to be aware of the closefrom() system call in 702104 and
> > other FreeBSD versions.
> >
> > FWIW, this issue was discussed[1] on -devel a few months ago.
>
> Maybe, but pulling the patch into the upstream sources would seem right
> to put this refinement where it belongs, no?
I don't take patches that retroactively break the build on my
FreeBSD 7.1 development system, hence my nasty comment in sys_defs.h.
If someone can figure out a patch that does not retroactively break
the build, then I am interested.
Wietse
