Bug 201979

Summary:	sys-libs/glibc could use headers from this century [sys/queue.h]
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) <cardoe>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Gentoo Toolchain Maintainers <toolchain>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	gengor
Priority:	High
Version:	2007.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-11 21:18:01 UTC

sys/queue.h is the original BSD 4.4 copy from 12 years ago. Time to get with the times and update it. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and NetBSD pretty much all share their headers.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/sys/queue.h

With the above update, an update to the man page provided by man-pages would have to be made (current man-pages queue(3) is completely wrong from the current glibc version as well, I have contacted upstream about this).

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/share/man/man3/queue.3

On a related note, sys/tree.h would be hawt as well. It's only 2 clause BSD.

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/sys/sys/tree.h
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/share/man/man3/tree.3

Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-12-11 21:19:39 UTC

<vapier> i thought it was already updated
<vapier> but maybe i did it for uClibc
<vapier> yes glibc has a retarded ancient copy
<vapier> open a bug please cause i cant get to it now
<vapier> i agree they're outdated so at least Gentoo will get updated ones

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2008-03-23 15:13:22 UTC

fixed in glibc-2.7-r2