On Wed, 19 Apr 1995, Mike Long wrote:

> >From: David Brownlee <D.K.Brownlee@city.ac.uk>
> >
> >	Might it be a good idea to have all the 'legacy' stuff in
> >	include files inside 'ifdef's.
> >
> >	So the default behaviour is to get the legacy stuff, but if you
> >	-DSTRICT_INCLUDES then _all_ include files will only show up what
> >	POSIX (Plus BSD extensions) say they should...
> 
> That's what _POSIX_SOURCE is for, yes?
> 
> If people want strictly conforming software, then they can do things
> like:
> 
> make "CFLAGS=-D_POSIX_SOURCE -Wall -ansi -pedantic"
> 
	I specifically didn't mention _POSIX_SOURCE :)

	I think the need is for something _more_ than just posix - hence
	the BSD extensions :)

	(I remember the last time I tried to compile something under strict
	posix under SCO... "Wait a minute.. Where the Hell is everything?!!"

		David

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