> >> I noticed that our <sys/types.h> header provides a prototype for
> >> lseek().  This helps programs that don't #include <unistd.h> get
> >> lseeks()'s prototype (since our off_t is now 64 bits). 
> >> 
> >> Should we do the same for truncate() and ftruncate()?
>
> > I'd rather see the prototype moved to <unistd.h>...  But I can see
> > why having it (and perhaps a couple more) in <sys/types.h> even
> > though they do not really belong there...
>
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>
> On the other hand, I'm feeling much more crotchety this morning, and
> think maybe we should remove the lseek() prototype from <sys/types.h>
> to force old/broken software to be updated.

Hear, hear.

Thorsten
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