Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 15:33:07 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting question Message-ID: <199705210603.PAA09769@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199705210519.WAA08921@superior.mooseriver.com> from Josef Grosch at "May 20, 97 10:19:11 pm"
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Josef Grosch stands accused of saying: > I know this issue has been beat to death several times before BUT..... > > I am porting a piece of code to FreeBSD and gcc bitches about this; > > extern char* sys_errlist[]; > > Now the fast way to handle this is; > > #ifndef __FreeBSD__ > extern char* sys_errlist[]; > #endif > > But this is very non-portable. Any suggestions as the correct way to > handle this would be helpful. Traditional is #ifndef HAVE_SYS_ERRLIST extern char* sys_errlist[]; #endif or, if you can guarantee that <sys/param.h> has been included, you can test the BSD macro. > Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.1 -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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