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Re: would like to break sys_select's dependency on sys_socket
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Simon Josefsson |
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Re: would like to break sys_select's dependency on sys_socket |
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Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:45:39 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> I am planning to make some changes to GNU Emacs which the
> gnulib sys_select module would be helpful for. But sys_select
> depends on sys_socket, and that drags in some stuff
> like m4/sockpfaf.m4 and m4/sys_uio_h.m4 that I'd rather
> avoid. Any objection if I remove this dependency? It appears
> that it's needed only because of native Windows platforms, and
> applications that use gnulib shouldn't have to do extra work
> just to support Windows.
Is it native Windows or MinGW?
I don't see anything directly in m4/sockpfaf.m4 that is used by
sys_socket.in.h, but I could miss it.
m4/sys_uio.m4 appears to be for 'struct iovec', maybe sys/socket.h is
required to provide it?
/Simon