On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:21 PM, Svante Signell <[email protected]> wrote: > I would prefer to answer no on this question, it is only kFreeBSD that defines > __GLIBC__ unconditionally. I've experienced packages assuming that __GLIBC__ > is > defined, and therefore FTBFS on GNU/Hurd.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:35 PM, Samuel Thibault <[email protected]> wrote: > Roger Shimizu, on Thu 17 Dec 2015 22:39:18 +0900, wrote: >> it's safe for most common application to treat __GLIBC__ >> as "Yes" for Linux and Hurd. > > It's yes when the libc being used is glibc. On linux with uclibc for > instance, it wouldn't be defined. So depending on what feature exactly > you want to test it may be useful or not. Thanks so much for your clarify! I modified that wiki page again, changed from "Yes" to "Depends", plus the email links. Cheers, Roger
