#11246: flint-1.5.0.p5's extraneous #includes break typedef ulong in sys/types.h
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Reporter: dimpase | Owner: tbd
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.7.1
Component: packages | Keywords:
Work_issues: | Upstream: N/A
Reviewer: | Author:
Merged: | Dependencies:
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Comment(by dimpase):
Replying to [comment:2 wbhart]:
> FLINT_ASSERT is defined in flint.h and flint_heap_alloc is defined in
memory-manager.h.
>
> I think the given fix compiles only because the headers are picked up
via other inclusions.
>
> A fix that seems to work for me is to guard the inclusion of system
headers as follows:
{{{
#undef ulong
#include <stdlib.h>
#define ulong unsigned long
}}}
I tried this and it did not work.
Another option would be to add double inclusion guards.
> Note that the flint-1.6 release notes say:
>
> * Better Cygwin support
>
> though I don't know if this particular issue is fixed or not. It may be
only be an issue with more recent Cygwin than what I tested with.
Indeed, it's recent.
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