linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs] include sys/sysmacros.h as needed

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Date:   Fri, 19 May 2017 14:08:22 -0400
From:   Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
To:     Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH e2fsprogs] include sys/sysmacros.h as needed

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 08:42:48PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> The minor/major/makedev macros are not entirely standard.  glibc has had
> the definitions in sys/sysmacros.h since the start, and wants to move away
> from always defining them implicitly via sys/types.h (as this pollutes the
> namespace in violation of POSIX).  Other C libraries have already dropped
> them.  Since the configure script already checks for this header, use that
> to pull in the header in files that use these macros.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@...too.org>

This fell through the cracks; my apologies.  But I've just applied it
to the e2fsprogs maint and master branches.

							- Ted