Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Re: db/config.site cache for ac_cv_header_netinet_tcp_var_h

On 2024/07/29 20:00, Marc Espie wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 29, 2024 at 04:54:34PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote:
> > db/config.site has this:
> >
> > 1.6 (espie 24-Feb-05): ac_cv_header_netinet_tcp_timer_h=${ac_cv_header_netinet_tcp_timer_h=yes}
> >
> > turns out this is a bit problematic, because on OpenBSD you need to
> > pull in tcp_timer.h before you can use tcp_var.h ("use of undeclared
> > identifier 'TCPT_NTIMERS'").
> >
> > I wonder if we should remove this - at least one port (net/scamper)
> > has a patch to disable use of tcp_var.h because of this. (This was
> > figured out by scamper's developer who was wondering why I needed
> > to patch it).
> >
>
> Removing one line is not a big issue, especially if it breaks something
>
> The whole premise behind ac_cache is broken, specifically because of
> those crazy dependencies.

yeah.. Think I'll remove this one.

> (oh and I would feel so much more implicated and entitled to say okay if
> you guys grouped up and got my account back)

Various discussions at p2k24 (and I think in Czechia too but I wasn't
there), various people want you to have it back, but we don't know how
to make it happen.

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