Re: nfs-utils/idmapd: use of private define breaks with libevent-2.1.x

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On 01/17/2015 01:25 PM, Holger Hoffstätte wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> The Gentoo community has found a problem with the current release of
> nfs-utils, where idmapd uses a not strictly private, yet strongly
> discouraged #define.
> 
> Bug description with proposed patch:
> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=446374
Committed... 

steved.

> 
> The code in question:
> http://git.linux-nfs.org/?p=steved/nfs-utils.git;a=blob;f=utils/idmapd/idmapd.c;hb=HEAD#l719 
> 
> According to:
> https://github.com/libevent/libevent/blob/master/include/event2/event_struct.h
> 
> which says:
> "No field declared in this file should be used directly in user code."
> 
> using EVLIST_INIT directly is bound to break. This seems to be a leftover
> from legacy code.
> 
> A simple fix is attached to the bugzilla above and just calls the
> proper public API, which is functionally equivalent to the bit check.
> 
> Would be nice to see this in 1.3.2. :)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Holger
> 
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