Re: [HACKERS] C++ interface build on FreeBSD 4.2 broken?

[Tom Lane]

Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> Er, what will you ifdef exactly,

> + #ifdef __cplusplus
>   #ifdef HAVE_SYS_NERR
>   extern int sys_nerr;
>   #endif
> + #endif

>> and what are the odds that it will fail on some other platform?

> I don't see how it would fail.  At least it won't add more possible
> failure cases.

If that can't fail, why do we need to provide a declaration of sys_nerr
at all?

                        regards, tom lane