Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:31:41 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Patch for FILE problems (was Re: -CURRENT is bad for me...) Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010212202717.11226A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <200102130121.f1D1LHU56217@mobile.wemm.org>
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On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Peter Wemm wrote: > Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > Attached is a patch that attempts to work around recent stdio > > breakage in -current. I've verified it compiles, but won't be > > able to test it until at least tomorrow. If someone wants to > > review it and verify it works, I'll commit it. > > > > Thanks, > > > __BEGIN_DECLS > > -extern FILE __sF[]; > > +extern __old_FILE __sF[]; > > __END_DECLS > > > -#define stdin (&__sF[0]) > > -#define stdout (&__sF[1]) > > -#define stderr (&__sF[2]) > > +#define stdin ((FILE *)&__sF[0]) > > +#define stdout ((FILE *)&__sF[1]) > > +#define stderr ((FILE *)&__sF[2]) > > The problem with this is that it carries the baggage into 5.0-RELEASE > and beyond... No, this hack was to be removed just before 5.0-release, not to stay in throughout the 5.0 cycle. > I wish there was a way we could get rid the array entirely > and still stay compatable, but I dont see how. :-( A major bump makes it > easy. I think there's merit in DES' verion bump to 500, 501, etc. -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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