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

[Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>]

tag 402318 + unreproducible
thanks

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.

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

-- 
  .''`.  Aurelien Jarno	            | GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73
 : :' :  Debian developer           | Electrical Engineer
 `. `'   aurel32@debian.org         | aurelien@aurel32.net
   `-    people.debian.org/~aurel32 | www.aurel32.net