Re: [PATCH] HP-UX traditionally has no sys/select.h

On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 06:03:14PM +0000, Johannes Schindelin wrote:

We try to avoid using constructs like this.  Rather, we have a section in 
the Makefile which sets things like NO_IPV6=YesPlease, 
OLD_ICONV=UnfortunatelyYes, etc.

Later in the Makefile, dependent on this Makefile variable, symbols 
are defined. In the source code, we check for these symbols.

It is not only a matter of being able to reuse the same symbol for another 
platform/setup, it is also a nice way of documentation.

In your case, I suggest NO_SYS_SELECT_H=UnfortunatelyYes.

Ok, implemented it that way now and also made HP-UX support in Makefile in a
separate patch.

Robert

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Robert Schiele
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