Pádraig Brady wrote in http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-04/msg00022.html: > I suggested a makedev gnulib module in the thread above > as it's not just the headers that are varying, > as also some systems use mkdev() and some makedev(). > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2016-03/msg00023.html
I agree that gnulib is a good place to handle this. Some more info: Platforms that have makedev as a function: none. Platforms that have makedev as a macro: in <sys/mkdev.h>: glibc, IRIX, Solaris, Interix in <sys/sysmacros.h>: AIX, BeOS, Cygwin, HP-UX, IRIX, Solaris in <sys/types.h>: FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, Minix, OSF/1 Platforms that have mkdev as a function: none Platforms that have mkdev as a macro: in <sys/mkdev.h>: Interix Bruno
