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From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>
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Subject: Re: <sys/types.h> or not <sys/types.h>? [Was: cvs commit: src/include grp.h] 
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 17:32:31 +0300, "Andrey A. Chernov" wrote:

> > However, the standard expects gid_t to be defined in <unistd.h>, so if
> > you just need gid_t, and not prototypes for getgr*(), then that's the
> > one to include.
> 
> POSIX reguire gid_t to be specified not only in <sys/types.h> but in 
> <grp.h> too.

Okay.  I wasn't disputing making any assertion to the contrary; just
pointing out that things like getgroups() don't have to worry about this
mess at all.  I note that the getgroups(2) manual page disagrees with
POSIX as well.

Ciao,
Sheldon.

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