On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Mark Kettenis <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl> wrote: >> openbsd is apparently among the last operating systems to require >> sys/types.h before sys/socket.h. posix doesn't require this and it runs >> contrary to current recommendations i think, so it's just one more weird >> thing to deal with when trying to get something to compile. >> >> i haven't really tested this, i'm just throwing it out there. >> > > Sorry, but blindly including <sys/types.h> isn't allowed by POSIX.
Requiring everyone to include sys/types.h before socket.h isn't allowed by posix either. This way, at least the code compiles without changes. our socket.h header is broken. this makes it better.
