Bug#720188: kfreebsd: please implemente/expose waitid function & wait6 syscall
On 19 August 2013 15:43, Petr Salinger <Petr.Salinger@seznam.cz> wrote:
>> Recently in FreeBSD waitid was implemented[1] this includes:
>> * waitid function, implemented via wait6 syscall
>> * option flags WEXITED WTRAPPED added
>>
>> More details & patch in the PR linked.
>>
>> This is now available in prerelease FreeBSD 9.2 (I'm using 9.2-rc2). I
>> have verified and tested that it works correctly for my needs.
>>
>> [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=170346&cat=
>>
>> Can it please be added to eglibc as used by Debian/kFreeBSD ports? the
>> 9.2 kernel is already available in Debian. (If possible in sid, or
>> e.g. at least in experimental)
>>
>> I can help writting a patch, but I have no prior knoweledge in hacking
>> eglibc.
>
>
> It is planned, but (e)glibc 2.18 upload have to go first, due to changes of
> idtype_t values. See also 218_waitid* in
> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/glibc-bsd/trunk/glibc-ports/
>
> We also have to provide (reasonable) fallback implementation
> under wheezy kernels.
>
Cool! Excellent stuff! I've tried applying 218_waitid* things against
the eglibc-package as is in the debian trunk (2.17 based) and failed
to compile it properly.
Is there a way for me to compile debs or apt-get libc 2.18 with above
patches applied?
Regards,
Dmitrijs.
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