Re: missing sysinfo () and SI_LOAD_SHIFT

[James Morrison <ja2morri@csclub.uwaterloo.ca>]

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> Hi!
> 
> Jeff might have hit this problem already, but anyway:
> 
> wanna-build is broken due to its use of Linux-specific sysinfo () and
> SI_LOAD_SHIFT.
> 
> any suggestions? we could:
> 
>  - implement a sysinfo () that is compatible with GNU/Linux
>  - #ifndef SI_LOAD_SHIFT, use a hardcoded sleep time in wanna-build
>    (it was used to calculate a time to sleep depending on the system load)
>  - use a standard facility to obtain the system load. anyone knows
>    which one? maybe sysconf ()?
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> -- 
> Robert Millan

 There should be something in libps to do this nicely.  I guess something
like:

#ifdef LIBPS
 /* nice way */
#elif SI_LOAD_SHIFT
 /* Linux way */
#else
 /* do nothing
#endif

JIm