Re: [HACKERS] (: JDBC+(Sun ~3:pm MST) CVS :) -also question about regression tests

> > I'll say it again and again - glibc-2.0 is the _STANDARD_ (actually
> > reference) platform for Unix.  All Unix.  Not just Linux.
> > Adopted last year.
>
>     And...how many Unix (other then Linux) are *actually* using it?
> Any idea on how we can test whether it is being used or not?

AFAIK some BSD's are now using it - but I am probably wrong.  I gave up on
BSD in '92.

>     The "let's break all ports except Linux because the rest don't
> follow a new standard" argument just don't hold water for those not using
> Linux :)

There's no reason to break anything with this...  This is a way of
detecting it (there are others IIRC).

#if (__GLIBC__ >= 2)
[glibc-2 stuff]
#endif

for a complicated varient.

Most of the minor nit-picks involve actually mean going into source and
fixing it.  (ie - not really port-related fixes).

That and #undef HAVE_INT_TIMEZONE in os/linux.h for glibc-2...  as that's
autodetected (and invalid).  Detecting HAVE_SIGSETJMP would be nice to as
it really IS a function in glibc (just remapped via a #define).

AFAIK gnu's libc's are not used on just linux.  So making it a linux-only
thing would be almost as bad as not fixing it in the first place... *g*
(not trying to be rude - personally I've found that the database works
well enough regardless of the regression tests :)

G'day, eh? :)
    - Teunis