netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] Use PATH_MAX instead of MAXPATHLEN

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Message-ID: <20150427091334.01323146@urahara>
Date:	Mon, 27 Apr 2015 09:13:34 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Felix Janda <felix.janda@...teo.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] Use PATH_MAX instead of MAXPATHLEN

On Sat, 25 Apr 2015 22:33:28 +0200
Felix Janda <felix.janda@...teo.de> wrote:

> They are equivalent but the former is more common. PATH_MAX is
> specified by POSIX and needs <limits.h> while MAXPATHLEN has BSD
> origin and needs <sys/param.h>.
> 
> PATH_MAX has already been in use in misc/lnstat.h.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Felix Janda <felix.janda@...teo.de>

Iproute2 is intended for use on Linux.
It makes more sense to align with Posix than using leftover
BSD stuff. Therefore I don't see any point in doing this.

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