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SubjectRe: bug in socket.h (and maybe many other kernel headerfiles)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Hunter <sean@uncarved.co.uk>
To: Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Koloska <koloska@Rcs1.urz.tu-dresden.de>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 1:17 PM
Subject: Re: bug in socket.h (and maybe many other kernel headerfiles)


> On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:48:34AM +0200, Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Koloska wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am not on this list by post by told so in REPORTING-BUGS.
> >
> > By installing kde-1.1.2 with gcc-2.95.1 I noticed a wrong declaration in
> > /usr/incluce/linux/socket.h:109
> >
> > ANSI C++ forbids implicit conversion from `void *' in return
> >
> > The right ANSI way to do it is to return a literal "0".
> >
> > By taking a quick glance on the other headerfiles there are many places
that
> > uses NULL without explicit conversion.
> >
> > Maybe (adhearing to ANSI???) NULL has to be defined "0" and not (void*)
...
>
> Why are you compiling kernel headers with a c++ compiler? The kernel
> headers don't work in c++.
>
> Sean
>

I had the same problem, though easily fixed by editing the header file.
Libc5 systems use kernel headers.



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