Re: [PATCH 8/9] autoconf: Check for timer_settime

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Karsten Blees <karsten.blees@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> While the timer extension (timer_settime) has graduated to mandatory in
> the current POSIX spec, the monotonic clock extension is still optional
> today (i.e. not necessarily supported even on newer Unices). In contrast
> to this, the XSI extensions seem to be widely supported.
>
> IMO the 'obsolescent' marker in the current POSIX spec is no reason to
> spring into action (at least not yet). E.g. utimes (also in <sys/time.h>)
> has been marked LEGACY in the 2004 version and is no longer LEGACY today.
> Btw., we'd also have to find a replacement for gettimeofday and probably
> a lot of other stuff...
>
> Therefore I tend to agree with Hannes that we should stick with setitimer
> and emulate it on systems that don't have it (as we do on Windows).

Sounds sensible to me.
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