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From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/gcc/config/i386 freebsd-elf.h freebsd.h
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>> It's utterly bogus to add this symbol into gcc as a predefined symbol
>> because MOST 4.4 bsd systems don't have it.
>
>Ok, then how about "__post_44bsd__".

Nope.  Most 4.4 BSD systems won't have it, so you still may as well spell
it `__FreeBSD__'.

>> The real way to figure out if you're on a late-model BSD system is to include
>> sys/param.h and check for BSD >= datecode.
>
>Yes, but people simply don't do that.  If anybody can offer a guarenteed
>way to include <sys/param.h> w/o needing to defined something like
>HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H in the Makefile, I'll switch all ports over to that.

There is no better way.  Define in in bsd.port.mk so at least the makefiles
don't need it.

Bruce