>>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxx> writes: Linus> #define _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED 1 /* AIX 5.3L needs this */ Linus> #define _GNU_SOURCE Linus> #define _BSD_SOURCE Well, _GNU_SOURCE and _BSD_SOURCE only get defined, and only by some oddballs that aren't relevant here. Linus> sequence actually _disables_ those things. Linus> Some googling finds a python source diff: Linus> # On Mac OS X 10.4, defining _POSIX_C_SOURCE or _XOPEN_SOURCE Linus> # disables platform specific features beyond repair. Linus> - Darwin/8.*) Linus> + Darwin/8.*|Darwin/7.*) Linus> define_xopen_source=no Linus> ;; Linus> (and Ruby shows up as well in the google) Linus> Can you try to grovel around in the OS X headers, and see what the magic Linus> is to enable all the compatibility crud on OS X? But yes, _XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED definitely does some damage to curses.h. However, I don't see how that's relevant to strings.h or the others I need. There's no "config" for "compatibility". Welcome to Linux vs Unix. :) What I do know is (a) it worked before the header changes and (b) the patch I just gave you works. If the patch doesn't break others, can we just leave it in? -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html