linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 23/23] [AARCH64] Take utmp{,x}.h from s390 port

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.20.1606282037100.12650@digraph.polyomino.org.uk>
Date:	Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:38:47 +0000
From:	Joseph Myers <joseph@...esourcery.com>
To:	Yury Norov <ynorov@...iumnetworks.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 23/23] [AARCH64] Take utmp{,x}.h from s390 port

On Tue, 28 Jun 2016, Yury Norov wrote:

> > You can't #include installed headers from other ports like this; it 
> > wouldn't work when using an installed library.
> > 
> > -- 
> > Joseph S. Myers
> > joseph@...esourcery.com
> 
> So I should copy? Hmm...

Yes, unless you can develop an additional abstraction to describe the 
differences between architectures, so that all architectures can share the 
same bits/utmp.h and bits/utmpx.h and there's only a smaller header that 
needs copying.

-- 
Joseph S. Myers
joseph@...esourcery.com