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Re: conflicting definitions in /usr/include/



Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org> wrote:
> 
> Never?  What about, say, major.h?  I understand that it should be
> avoided when possible, but expecting any reasonable definition to be
> picked up by libc in time seems too optimistic.

That's right, never.  If you need stuff from major.h, you should
duplicate it in a local header file.  If it goes out of sync, then
it is up to you to deal with it.
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