Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:59:29 +0100 (MET) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: Making an option `supported' Message-ID: <199612231159.MAA03543@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199612231019.VAA18449@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Dec 23, 96 09:19:37 pm"
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As Bruce Evans wrote: > Most options should go in a header file by themself. Then the option > file is automatically given a name related to the option if the file > name is not given explicitly: option BAR -> file name opt_bar.h. > You forgot the most important point :-): if a system header needs to be > edited, then don't add the option. E.g., the CHILD_MAX and OPEN_MAX > options should never have existed, because they break <limits.h>. (etc.) Ok, i've merged this with my original posting, and are about adding it to the handbook right now. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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