Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 22:35:36 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: #include file xref philosophy Message-ID: <Mutt.19970108223536.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <19970108121529.5416.qmail@suburbia.net>; from proff@suburbia.net on Jan 8, 1997 23:15:29 %2B1100 References: <199701081012.FAA03591@hda.hda.com> <19970108121529.5416.qmail@suburbia.net>
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As proff@suburbia.net wrote: > include/netinet/*.h are frightful. As a bunch of other things when > -DKERNEL is on. I don't have an argument against self-contained include files. However a note of warning: you are _never_ (really: never) supposed to compile any userland utility with -DKERNEL. (I think it should be renamed into _KERNE, so it's in the reserved namespaceL.) > Someone replied to me 'the magic is in the man page' This was only done in response to your claim that one must ``magically know'' what to include. Don't rip something off its context, and later reuse it as it seems it fits best for your argumentation purposes. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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