#12617: Merge all instances of BSD headers into one place (WIP/Help requested)
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Reporter: TwoFx | Owner: korli
Type: bug | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: R1
Component: Build System | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Blocking:
Has a Patch: 0 | Platform: All
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Changes (by diver):
* status: new => assigned
* owner: nobody => korli
* component: - General => Build System
* milestone: Unscheduled => R1
Old description:
BSD library headers exist in several places, most notably
/headers/compatibility/bsd/ and /src/libs/compat/freebsd_network/compat.
The latter is a significantly more complete version, but it is
unavailable to normal apps outside the tree. Making these headers
available is crucial for being able to port applications which natively
run on BSD to Haiku.
I have attached a WIP of merging the sys/ and machine/ folders of
compatibility and freebsd_network to compatibility, where they would be
available to all apps which want to use them.
As you can see, this change is quite involved. In particular, the
freebsd_network headers will depend on the compatibility/bsd headers,
which means that all instances in the tree that use the freebsd_network
headers need to have their Jamfile modified. I did that for a handful of
instances where this comes up, but before I continued doing this change,
I wanted to ask for comments whther this change is desirable in general.
