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List:       osdl-lsb-discuss
Subject:    Re: [lsb-discuss] mcheck.h and arpa/nameser.h do not exist in LSB
From:       Shaman Mahmoudi <shompola () bredband ! net>
Date:       2010-07-01 20:58:33
Message-ID: 67D2107D-F19F-4342-97D3-367EB2F2BAD4 () bredband ! net
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Thanks I appreciate the explanation!

On Jul 1, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:

> lsb-discuss-bounces@lists.linux-foundation.org wrote:
>> On 07/01/10 14:31, shompola@bredband.net wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the explanation! By the way, slightly off topic. I should
>>> never include the linux header files from glibc-devel such as  
>>> types.h
>>> as then it will clash with these supplied by lsb, right?
>>>
>>
>> Yes, collisions may occur in such cases (though not necessary - it
>> depends on content of particular header).
>
>
> in general, since LSB headers are searched first, inclusions will
> "fall through" to native headers if there isn't a corresponding
> LSB one.  Sometimes this is a problem, sometimes it isn't... but
> we can't exactly expect you not to install native -devel packages
> if you otherwise need them (non-LSB context).
>
> In the case you cite, configure has correctly decided not to use
> the headers since they did cause problems - and that's the result
> you wanted, so it was all ok, eh?
>
> This becomes trickier if you don't use an autoconf style tool to
> probe what works and what doesn't.
>

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