Bug#570233: libc6-dev: please add timepps.h
severity 570233 wishlist
thanks
On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 04:56:58PM +0300, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> Package: libc6-dev
> Version: 2.10.2-6
> Severity: normal
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi!
>
> Can you please add timepps.h to libc6-dev? This header provides a
> standardized PPSAPI interface (RFC-2783) on top of custom Linux
> recently merged PPS implementation so libc should be the right place for
> this file. It can be then directly used by ntp and chrony time
> synchronization daemons after recompilation. Their respective configure
> scripts should find and use it automatically. It's the last missing
> piece in the PPS puzzle.
>
> The file can be found in its author's git repository at
> git://git.enneenne.com/linuxpps in Documentation/pps/ directory. I've
> attached it for simplicity.
>
> Also I'd like to push this file to the upstream authors. Should I do it
> myself?
>
If you really want to include it into glibc (I am not 100% sure it
belongs here), the author of the file should do it himself, after
signing copyright assignment with the FSF.
We won't add it in Debian if it is not included upstream, to not break
compatibility with other distributions.
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