Re: [PATCH] sys/tree.h: Removed

On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 4:39 AM Corinna Vinschen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Jul 16 07:41, Sebastian Huber wrote:
> > ----- Am 18. Jun 2024 um 22:25 schrieb Joel Sherrill [email protected]:
> >
> > > This file was from a specific older FreeBSD version. There have been
> > > multiple changes to this file with FreeBSD 14 including breaking
> > > changes to the file. Including this file as part of newlib results
> > > in not always having the correct version of sys/tree.h for any
> > > specific software. RTEMS will manage its use of this file outside
> > > of newlib.
> >
> > This file is not RTEMS-specific. I think removing this file would have
> > required a general approval.
>
> I agree with Sebastian.
>
> One point to think of is that newlib headers are automatically part of a
> Cygwin installation if they are not overrode by a Cygwin-specific header
> of the same name and path.  Just removing that file has the potential
> to break some Cygwin package relying on the existence of that file.
>

The presence of this as a unique libc file has already caused concerns
because it differs with the versions from FreeBSD.

>
> So just removing files in the generic header path should always be
> discussed first.
>

Sorry, If you want to re-add it feel free. It is commonly available
but not part of any standard.

--joel


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> Thanks,
> Corinna
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