Crap. _BSD_SOURCE exists to emulate BSD behaviour on other platforms.
_LINUX_SOURCE therefore exists to emulate Linux behaviour on platforms
supporting it.
> People complained that Linux programs are so poorly portable. The
> reaction from those who wrote these programs was that they didn't know
> better since they don't have other machines to test.
There are also a lot of people who dont care, or who do care but will
address the issue in time, not because someone wielding the software
equivalent of a large hammer has a go at them
> now is evil". This only shows two things: you never looked at the bad
> experiences of the industry where following a rotten design and
> keeping backward compatibility lead to unusable systems. And second:
I worked for 3com. I know eveyrhting about following a rotten design until
its unusable, believe me I do.
> not what you get. You convert a libc5 specific program to a program
> which can run on other Unix systems. And these changes in many cases
Yes, but I shouldnt have to go through the pain instantly. _LINUX_SOURCE
should have built libc5 programs on libc6, and yes I should then fix
portability.
Alan
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