>>>>> "MB" == Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MB> On Sat, Jun 30, 2001 at 04:24:29AM +0100, Paul Emsley wrote:
>> I took a look at this list and it seems to me that about 80% of
>> the "fail"s are the MAXPATHLEN, MAX_PATH, MAXHOSTNAMELEN and
>> sys_errlist problems. These have been mentioned before here.
>>
>> It may be a good idea to post a "before" and "after" example of
>> how to fix these problems in the Approved Fashion. It may also
>> be of use for pointing package maintainers at.
MB> There have been many examples in the past. There is no
MB> standard approach, you have to look at how they are used.
OK then, does one conditionalise on (e.g.) MAXHOSTNAMELEN:
#ifdef MAXHOSTNAMELEN
/* do it the traditional way */
#else
/* do it the Hurd way, typically using realloc() */
#endif
for each occurance of MAXHOSTNAMELEN (or whatever)?
MB> [snip explanation of turtle]
Thanks,
Paul.
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