Re: Bug in sys/param.h?

[Wolfram Gloger]

Hello,

> I have the libglib1.2-dev and the libc6-dev package installed on my
> Debian 2.2r2 system. However when I compile files which use both
> "/usr/include/glib.h" from libglib1.2-dev and "/usr/include/sys/param.h"
> from libc6-dev, I get the following error messages:
>   /usr/include/sys/param.h:56: warning: `MIN' redefined
>   /usr/include/glib.h:137: warning: this is the location of the 
>   previous definition

Hmm, this is just a warning, not an error message, no?

> When looking in glib.h one sees that no check is performed whether MIN
> and MAX already exist whereas in param.h this is done via #undef.

You mean `in param.h this is _not_ done via #undef'?

> this a bug that is or needs to be fixed in newer versions of the files
> in libc6-dev?

I don't think so, as it is no error and sys/param.h is not
standardized anyway (at least I could find no specification).

Regards,
Wolfram.