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Re: 32bit UID support for glibc 2.1.3
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- Subject: Re: 32bit UID support for glibc 2.1.3
- From: Horst von Brand <vonbrand at sleipnir dot valparaiso dot cl>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:01:35 -0300
Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de> said:
[...]
> So far the following entries are noted in NEWS:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Version 2.2
>
[...]
> * Compatibility code for K&R C compilers has been removed from the
> header files. A ISO C compiler is needed to use the library
> (conforming to either C89 or C99 standard).
Last time I looked around, it demanded gcc, not just ANSI C (lots of
inlines, gcc-specific functions, ...). But perhaps some of that cruft came
from Linux kernel header files?
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