Our sys/socket.h and netinet/in.h headers do require sys/types.h, so
it seems consistent to at least document that. ok matthew@
(POSIX requires headers to be self-sufficient, but we're a ways off from
that.)
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 11:42 PM, Jason McIntyre <j...@cava.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> can a developer weigh in on this, please?
> jmc
>
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 02:44:21PM +0200, Thomas de Grivel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> From ip(4) :
>>
>> SYNOPSIS
>> #include <sys/socket.h>
>> #include <netinet/in.h>
>>
>> However this fails :
>>
>> $ cat > ip.c
>> #include <sys/socket.h>
>> #include <netinet/in.h>
>>
>> int main() {
>> return 0;
>> }
>> ^D
>> $ gcc ip.c
>> In file included from ip.c:1:
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:105: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'off_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:162: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:180: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:249: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'uid_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:394: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:420: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:476: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'caddr_t'
>> In file included from ip.c:1:
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:491: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:492: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:493: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:494: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'uid_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:494: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'gid_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:495: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:496: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:497: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:499: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or
>> '__attribute__' before 'recv'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:500: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or
>> '__attribute__' before 'recvfrom'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:501: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or
>> '__attribute__' before 'recvmsg'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:502: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or
>> '__attribute__' before 'send'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:503: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or
>> '__attribute__' before 'sendto'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:505: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm' or
>> '__attribute__' before 'sendmsg'
>> /usr//include/sys/socket.h:506: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> In file included from ip.c:2:
>> /usr//include/netinet/in.h:141: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'in_addr_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet/in.h:225: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet/in.h:244: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list
>> before 'int8_t'
>> In file included from /usr//include/netinet/in.h:732,
>> from ip.c:2:
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:118: error: expected
>> specifier-qualifier-list before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:140: error: expected
>> specifier-qualifier-list before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:392: error: expected
>> specifier-qualifier-list before 'u_long'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:515: error: expected
>> specifier-qualifier-list before 'u_int32_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:799: error: expected ';', ',' or ')' before
>> '*' token
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:801: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm'
>> or '__attribute__' before '*' token
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:802: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:803: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:805: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm'
>> or '__attribute__' before 'inet6_rthdr_space'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:817: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:818: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:818: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:819: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:819: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:820: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:821: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:823: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:823: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:824: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:825: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:825: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'u_int8_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:826: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:827: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:829: error: expected '=', ',', ';', 'asm'
>> or '__attribute__' before 'inet6_rth_space'
>> /usr//include/netinet6/in6.h:830: error: expected declaration specifiers
>> or '...' before 'socklen_t'
>>
>> Including <sys/types.h> before <sys/socket.h> makes it ok.
>> So either the manual is wrong
>> or sys/socket.h or netinet/in.h is wrong.
>>
>> --
>> Thomas de Grivel
>> http://b.lowh.net/billitch
>>
>> "I must plunge into the water of doubt again and again."
