Re: -D_NETBSD_SOURCE makes headers uncompilable

[Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>]

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On 22.01.2016 20:00, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> A few of the traditional BSD origin headers, use u_{char,int,long}
> which are not defined in <sys/types.h> if _NETBSD_SOURCE is
> defined. There are four choices:
> 
> 1. Leave things alone; it's been broken forever and seems harmless.
> Autoconf bitches. 2. Fix all the headers to use the full types;
> intrusive will introduce diffs with other Unixes and upstreams.

I like this version.

Where needed with a combination with <sys/utypes.h>. I think it could
have more verbose name, like <sys/compat_types.h> or <sys/legacy_types.h
>.

> 3. Provide local definitions of the needed types on each header.
> Messy, error prone. 4. Put the definition of those types in a
> separate header (<sys/utypes.h>) and include this header from other
> headers that require it. This is what I've chosen to implement in
> this patch and I'd like to commit. 5. ???
> 
> Comments?

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