#1843: NetBSD fails compiling sysmem.c
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Reporter: doughera | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: 2.10
Component: none | Version: 2.10.0
Severity: medium | Keywords:
Lang: | Patch: new
Platform: |
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Changes (by doughera):
* patch: => new
Comment:
Replying to [ticket:1843 doughera]:
> I suspect that OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD will also suffer the same fate.
OpenBSD 4.8, at least, does have {{{ sysconf }}}, and so will build fine.
> One workaround would be to make manual identical copies of
{{{config/gen/platform/freebsd/sysmem.c}}} in the {{{netbsd}}},
{{{openbsd}}}, and {{{dragonfly}}} directories.
This workaround was implemented for NetBSD only in commit
c35e562750c6cac15a07bbdd90128a085f89f15e , so NetBSD will work again in
2.11. I'm not sure why OpenBSD and DragonflyBSD were omitted.
> I think a better fix would be to have Configure.pl check for
{{{sysctl(3)}}} and then augment the generic sysmem.c file with the
approppriate code protected by the appropriate
> {{{#ifdef HAS_SYSCTL}}} conditionals.
I still think this is the better plan going forward, and have attached a
patch to implement this strategy. Since modifying {{{ Configure.pl }}} to
probe for {{{ sysctl(3) }}} today would have been too much of a hassle, I
just went with what was easy to test, but it's probably good enough.
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