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Bug#402318: libc6-dev: /usr/include/semaphore.h can't be used without pthread.h



Hi Aurelien,

Florian Le Goff a écrit :
Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.3.6.ds1-9
Severity: wishlist

Hi,

 There is an issue with the /usr/include/semaphore.h file and what
 the manpages are saying for sem_open(3) and POSIX specifications
 for the semaphore.h file.

 In a nutshell, with the libc6-dev package, one can't do
 the (basic) following :

 #include <semaphore.h>

 Without having included pthread.h before. That breaks a few
 .c files that would have compiled without any error on other POSIX
 systems with the following message :

 In file included from test.c:10:
/usr/include/semaphore.h:34: error: field '__sem_lock' has incomplete type

 (where line 10 of test.c is "#include <semaphore.h>").

 Maybe should we inlcude pthread.h in /usr/include/semaphore.h ?


I don't have this problem here. /usr/include/semaphore.h includes
sys/types.h which includes bits/pthreadtypes.h, which defines
_pthread_fastlock.

You're right. I missed an -ansi in my $CFLAGS (see below).

Could you please send me a testcase and the compilation options you used?

Here it is :

> ble ~/bl $ cat test.c
> #include <semaphore.h>
>
> int main()
> {
>        return 0;
> }


With -ansi, it fails :
----------

> ble ~/bl $ cc -W -ansi -Wall -Werror -o test test.c
> In file included from test.c:1:
> /usr/include/semaphore.h:34: error: field '__sem_lock' has
> incomplete type
> ble ~/bl $


But, if I include <pthread.h> before <semaphore.h>, the -ansi flag does not cause any error nor warning.

Without, it works flawlessly :
-------

ble ~/bl $ cc -W -Wall -Werror -o test test.c
ble ~/bl $

Cheers,

--
Florian Le Goff



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