Re: [patch 07/15] host-IRIX.patch

"Gary V. Vaughan" [off-list ref] writes:

Irix 6.5 does not define 'sgi', but does define '__sgi'.

Also, Irix 6.5 requires _BSD_TYPES to be defined in order for the BSD
u_short types et. al. to be declared properly.

If Irix 6.5 defines __sgi and the patch _adds_ "defined(__sgi)" I wouldn't
have to worry too much, but would replacing "defined(sgi)" with the
double-underscore version make somebody who added "defined(sgi)" in the
first place cry, if it was done for different version of Irix that does
define "sgi" (worse yet, but not "__sgi")?

Another natural question is if defining _BSD_TYPES everywhere has negative
effects on somebody else's platforms, but that is what people on different
platforms will have to apply this patch, test, and report success or
breakage.  Help from the list audience is appreciated.

Thanks.