Re: cygwin-latest: compile errors related to sockaddr_storage, dirent->d_type and dirent->d_ino

On 1/19/06, Petr Baudis [off-list ref] wrote:

Dear diary, on Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 02:47:00PM CET, I got a letter
where Alex Riesen [off-list ref] said that...

quoted

For reasons unknown, cygwin decided to use our sockaddr_storage.
As it is redefined to sockaddr_in it'd cause compilation errors in
cygwin headers. Fixed by first patch, which uses a more git-related
name (can we claim rights for the symbol, being first to use it? :-)

Huh? "Our"? See RFC 2553 and e.g.:

        http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/basedefs/sys/socket.h.html

You have no business meddling with this identifier except working around
platforms which do not support it, but then do not complain that things
break when the platforms actually start supporting it. ;-)

That will remind me to consult the specs first.