Re: Processed: 008_fix_xgetpw_macro.diff breaks Xlib API.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:39:11AM +1000, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:48:08AM -0700, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
> > [stuff]
>
> For record, the report concerns the fact that _Xgetpwnam semantics
> changed in 4.3.0.
Especially annonying is that debian is different than everyone else ...
> Personally, I don't think any external lib should be using, much less
> relying on, macros from other libraries whose names start with an
> underscore: that's generally interpreted to mean 'internal symbol'.
I doubt upstream will agree with you here. Try to submit the patch --
I'd expect it will be rejected because it breaks stuff.
Gerd
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Gerd Knorr <kraxel@debian.org>
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