#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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Comment (by TwoFx):
The software I am porting that this ticked originated from is
[http://sourceforge.net/p/elftoolchain/wiki/Home/ elftoolchain]. You are
right that the change as put in the patch provided is in many ways
incomplete (and some of the files moved probably should stay in their
original location). However, many of the headers are header-only, i.e.
they consist of struct definitions, macros, and inline functions, so no
additional functionality has to be provided by libbsd.so. The entirety of
the headers required by elftoolchain (as far as I can tell) fall into that
category. Those headers include sys/queue.h and sys/endian.h, which I
would consider useful in a wide range of userland applications, which is
why they, IMHO, should be available to all userland applications. Those in
turn include more headers, and so forth, which is how the idea of just
merging the two altogether came up in the first place.
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