On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 7:31 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <mtk.manpages@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/19/2016 06:52 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: >> Defining these functions via sys/types.h violates POSIX namespace >> requirements, > > What do the previous lines mean? Violate namespace requirements how? I think it's technically not true that they violate POSIX namespace requirements, since they're only defined in the non-conforming modes. The reason I originally proposed the change is that libstdc++ force-enables _GNU_SOURCE, which means people writing in C++ _can't_ avoid these nonstandard macros by using a strict conformance mode. zw -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
