Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 22:15:26 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Wilbert de Graaf <wilbertdg@hetnet.nl> Cc: FreeBSD-hackers <FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: #include question: <netinet/in.h> requires <sys/socket.h> Message-ID: <20000712221526.L25571@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <095401bfec6f$495ba110$0a00a8c0@alias>; from wilbertdg@hetnet.nl on Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 07:08:47PM -0700 References: <095401bfec6f$495ba110$0a00a8c0@alias>
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* Wilbert de Graaf <wilbertdg@hetnet.nl> [000712 19:11] wrote:
>
> Maybe obvious to some of you, but I had to define two new structures (as
> described in an ietf draft) in <netinet/in.h>. This in order to be able to
> support igmpv3 / multicast source filters. Anyway, these structures require
> 'struct sockaddr_storage' which is defined in <sys/socket.h>.
> When I compiled the code, it stopped since several source files only include
> <netinet/in.h> and not <sys/socket.h>. To solve this I added these 3 lines
>
> #ifndef _SYS_SOCKET_H
> #include <sys/socket.h>
> #endif
>
> somewhere in the top of <netinet/in.h>. I want to verify if this is indeed
> the best way to solve it ?
No, the proper solution is to do a forward struct declaration like so:
struct something;
struct bigger_something {
struct something foo;
}
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."
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