On Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 04:37:17PM +0300, Andrew Krasavin wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 01:04:35PM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> > An upcoming port uses ElfW().  I first patched the port, but looking
> > around shows that both NetBSD and FreeBSD adopted the macro:
> > 
> > https://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes-hg/2018/07/31/msg027523.html
> > +#define        ElfW(x)         CONCAT(Elf,CONCAT(ELFSIZE,CONCAT(_,x)))
> > 
> > https://cgit.freebsd.org/src/commit/sys/sys/elf_generic.h?id=34e7e4b6a059eee5e4e3e34de5b9d5f0d6e589f9
> > +/* Define ElfW for compatibility with Linux, prefer __ElfN() in FreeBSD 
> > code */
> > +#define    ElfW(x)         __ElfN(x)
> > 
> > So I suggest providing it as well.
> > 
> > I have yet to put this through a release build on amd64 and/or sparc64
> > to check if there is any fallout, but I don't suspect there will be.
> > 
> > Feedback? Objections? OK (given the build succeeds)?
> > 
> > 
> > Index: sys/sys/exec_elf.h
> > ===================================================================
> > RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/sys/exec_elf.h,v
> > retrieving revision 1.93
> > diff -u -p -r1.93 exec_elf.h
> > --- sys/sys/exec_elf.h      7 Dec 2021 22:17:03 -0000       1.93
> > +++ sys/sys/exec_elf.h      17 Dec 2021 12:36:39 -0000
> > @@ -725,6 +725,7 @@ struct elf_args {
> > #define CONCAT(x,y) __CONCAT(x,y)
> > #define ELFNAME(x)  CONCAT(elf,CONCAT(ELFSIZE,CONCAT(_,x)))
> > #define ELFDEFNNAME(x)      CONCAT(ELF,CONCAT(ELFSIZE,CONCAT(_,x)))
> > +#define ElfW(x)            CONCAT(Elf,CONCAT(ELFSIZE,CONCAT(_,x)))
> > #endif
> > 
> > #if defined(ELFSIZE) && (ELFSIZE == 32)
> > 
> 
> The code that requires this macro in sys/sys/exec_elf.h was
> eventually removed from the upcoming port (devel/abseil-cpp).
> 
> I have no opinion on what you should do with this patch now, but
> I feel it is necessary to report that this change is no longer
> needed for my port.

Even better!

Unless there are objections, I'll make sure that this doesn't break
anything and then commit it, so that future ports that do require it
will build -- there is no downside to providing it, imho.

> 
> -- 
> Wbr, Andrew Krasavin
> 

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