Re: [PATCH] Building Git on Tru64

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 21:09, Daniel Richard G. [off-list ref] wrote:

* On Tru64, MAP_FAILED is #defined as (-1L), and the compiler chokes if
 you directly compare a pointer to an integer. So, need to cast
 MAP_FAILED to (void *), redundant as that may seem.

That one may be better handled at one place (git-compat-util.h?) with
something like:

  #ifdef Tru64
  #define MAP_FAILED ((void *)MAP_FAILED)
  #endif

P.S. You may consider reading Documentation/SubmittingPatches.
The way you did it is a little unconventional.