[systemd-devel] [PATCH 3/3] core: remove unneeded <libgen.h> include
Lennart Poettering
lennart at poettering.net
Wed Feb 11 09:18:54 PST 2015
On Wed, 11.02.15 18:10, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek (zbyszek at in.waw.pl) wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 06:05:13PM +0100, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> > On Mon, 09.02.15 21:41, Cristian Rodríguez (crrodriguez at opensuse.org) wrote:
> >
> > > execute.c only uses basename (the GNU version in <string.h>)
> >
> > Is this right even?
> >
> > This was added by Zbigniew in 2b6bf07dd23bb467099d213c97b3875c5e453491:
> >
> > "Get rid of our reimplementation of basename
> >
> > The only problem is that libgen.h #defines basename to point to
> > it's own broken implementation instead of the GNU one. This can be
> > fixed by #undefining basename."
> >
> >
> > So, what's this about?
> >
> > Somehow, given how stupid basename is defined, I am tempted to
> > introduce a call for this again, that is not stupid, and works for all
> > cases without ambiguities.
> >
> > Anyway, Zbigniew, could you comment on this, please?
> I think the patch is fine. As long as every libgen.h include is followed
> by #undef basename, things are OK.
Can you elaborate on the background of this? Why the #undef precisely?
The man page says nothing about this?
Lennart
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