>Number:         2949
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       daemon() should not be in <stdlib.h>
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (GNATS administrator)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 17 18:05:00 1996
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Peter Seebach
>Organization:
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>Release:        1.2
>Environment:
System: NetBSD taniemarie 1.2_BETA NetBSD 1.2_BETA (SEEBS) #0: Fri Aug 16 17:16:09 CDT 1996 seebs@taniemarie:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/SEEBS amiga


>Description:
	IMHO, it is incorrect for daemon() to be declared in <stdlib.h>.
	I can survive it since it goes away if I #define _POSIX_SOURCE or
	_ANSI_SOURCE, but it shouldn't show up unless asked for.

	If nothing else, it should be in <unistd.h> or some Berkeley
	header, not a Standard C header.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Try to build procmail.

>Fix:
	My suggestion: move daemon() (and other similar functions) to a
	more correct header reflecting their local and unix-specific nature.
	Or, perhaps cause the compiler's default to be -D_POSIX_SOURCE.  :)

>Audit-Trail:
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