On 02/19/2012 10:45 AM, Jim Meyering wrote: > Jérémy Compostella wrote: > >>> Thank you for the report and the patch. >>> Please tell us what type/version of compiler/system you're using. >>> It's good to include that information, especially since ssize_t >>> is supposed to be defined via stdio.h. Then it is clear that this >>> change is working around a problem with non-conforming systems. >> Here the requested information: >> - linux kernel: Linux Apollo 3.2.0-rc7+ #75 SMP Thu Jan 5 18:14:54 CET >> 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux >> - gcc (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5 >> - libc6-dev 2.11.2-10 > > Thanks. > I've adjusted your commit log to explain why: > >>From 933989eca67bd82f011595937002cc284c98772d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: =?UTF-8?q?J=C3=A9r=C3=A9my=20Compostella?= > <[email protected]> > Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:38:15 +0100 > Subject: [PATCH] tests: ls/getxattr-speedup: include <sys/types.h> for older > headers > > Modern <stdio.h> provides ssize_t, but the one from Debian's > libc6-dev 2.11.2-10 apparently does not. > * tests/ls/getxattr-speedup: Also include <sys/types.h>.
Shouldn't we be fixing this in gnulib, rather than making every client package (including coreutils) work around it? -- Eric Blake [email protected] +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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