Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 21:17:47 -0400 From: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include pwd.h Message-ID: <20020609211747.D51371@espresso.q9media.com> In-Reply-To: <20020609205657.B51371@espresso.q9media.com>; from mike@FreeBSD.org on Sun, Jun 09, 2002 at 08:56:57PM -0400 References: <200206091939.g59JdJC05285@freefall.freebsd.org> <20020610004026.GD61036@wantadilla.lemis.com> <20020609205657.B51371@espresso.q9media.com>
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Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> In BSD land, <sys/types.h> has always been a prerequisite for
> including most headers (see getpwent(3) for instance). The new
> standards remove this requirement and provide typedefs for types the
> header makes use of. In the case only gid_t and time_t are required,
^ s/the/this/ ^ s/time_t/uid_t/
> but since BSD extensions to the passwd struct make use of time_t, we
> also provide that typedef (which Garrett informs me is legal).
Sorry if that was confusing. :)
Best regards,
Mike Barcroft
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