Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/crypto/dist/openssl
To: None <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: source-changes
Date: 07/14/2003 20:54:26
itojun@iijlab.net writes:
> >   Log Message:
> >   unifdef VMS/WIN16/WIN32 in public headers, at least
> >
> >
> >is this actually necessary?  "dist" sources should not be changed
> >to be less portable for no reason...  the only real change i can
> >see this makes is making it harder for future openssl updates due
> >to unnecessary conflicts....
> 
> 	header files shouldn't have #ifdef which easily conflict with what user
> 	would define by chance.  there's no portability issue, we won't and
> 	shouldn't use the removed prototypes (and whatever) anyways.

I agree with Matt that the dist headers should remain the
same. However, you are right that /usr/include header files should be
clean. Perhaps unifdef could be called on the untouched files at build
time, so that clean files are installed even though the originals
remain untouched?

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Perry E. Metzger		perry@piermont.com