Bug#480093: sys/user.h broken on (at least) hppa
severity 480093 minor
thanks
On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 10:24:03PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 03:16:38AM +0200, Frank Lichtenheld wrote:
> > On HPPA sys/user.h only contains "#include <linux/user.h>"
> > which doesn't do anything useful since linux-libc-dev doesn't
> > contain user.h (except on arm/armel for whatever reason).
> >
> > On i386 sys/user.h actually contains something useful.
>
> Just curious, but what breaks?
>
> <sys/user.h> is a somewhat dodgy header; most software should not be
> using it. Also, its contents are completely platform-dependent.
Ok, after some more investigation I have to say: nothing. I saw a build
failure of a package from experimental due to it
(http://experimental.debian.net/fetch.php?pkg=evas&arch=hppa&ver=0.9.9.042-2&stamp=1210204264&file=log&as=raw)
but the source seems to include sys/user.h without actually using it.
So the header is useless in its current form but that doesn't seems to
be really that important, I will downgrade this bug and file one against
evas to remove the include.
Gruesse,
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Frank Lichtenheld <djpig@debian.org>
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