Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys dirent.h

[Matthew Dillon <dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

:>     sys/sys              dirent.h 
:>   Log:
:>   Add some linux compatibility defines, _DIRENT_HAVE_D_NAMLEN and
:>   _DIRENT_HAVE_D_TYPE.
:
:I think this is crap and shouldn't clutter our headers. Just because
:Linux has a stupid idea to create such flags doesn't make it sensible. I
:haven't seen source code using this, which doesn't also probe for them.
:No BSD has them and I'm pretty sure that Solaris doesn't have them
:either.
:
:Joerg

   Well, I thought about it and, frankly, I consider having to probe for
   features (ala gnu configure) to be a godaweful hack compared to simply
   having #define's that allows code to trivially detect whether a feature
   exists or not.

   GNU configure is the bane of all life in the universe.  It is a piece of
   crap that has caused no end of pain to anybody trying to port software
   in the open source community.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>