Re: [PATCH v1] Port ndbm

Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]> Thu, 25 Jul 2019 10:56:29 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.newlib
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Jul 25 11:07, Vaibhav Gupta wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 25, 2019, 1:48 AM Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > On Jul 24 09:22, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > On Jul 10 14:25, Vaibhav Gupta wrote:
> > > > ---
> > > >  newlib/libc/include/ndbm.h     |  93 ++++++++++++++
> > > >  newlib/libc/search/Makefile.am |   1 +
> > > >  newlib/libc/search/ndbm.c      | 217 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > >  3 files changed, 311 insertions(+)
> > > >  create mode 100644 newlib/libc/include/ndbm.h
> > > >  create mode 100644 newlib/libc/search/ndbm.c
> > >
> > > Pushed.
> >
> > However, where's dbm_forder?  It's declared in ndbm.h but there's no
> > such function in ndbm.c.
> >
> Both dbm_forder and dbm_dirinfo are wrapped inside __BSD_VISIBLE, although
> dbm_dirinfo is defined in ndbm.c but it will not be usable i guess.

Do you mean dbm_dirfno?  Why should it be unusable?

> I explored a bit, found that some features are for BSD systems and are not
> compatible with POSIX,
> Moreover dbm_forder and dbm_dirinfo are not mentioned in open group page.
> .
> I didn't planned to modify the contents much when i ported
> It from FreeBSD and hence they are present here. If required I can remove
> them and send a new patch.

Yes for dbm_forder, but dbm_dirfno doesn't look wrong, just BSDish,
which is fine when guarded.


Thanks,
Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Maintainer
Red Hat

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