Re: Is there a header conflict?

On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:

> leafy wrote:
> > While compiling net-snmp port, I came across this error
> >
> > rm -f host/.libs/hr_storage.lo
> > cc -I../../include -I../../include -I. -I../.. -I. -I./../.. -I./../../snmplib -
> > I./.. -I.. -DINET6 -O -pipe -mcpu=pentiumpro -Dfreebsd5 -c host/hr_storage.c  -f
> > PIC -DPIC -o host/.libs/hr_storage.lo
> > In file included from host/hr_storage.c:36:
> > /usr/include/machine/types.h:50: redefinition of `vm_offset_t'
> > /usr/include/sys/types.h:250: `vm_offset_t' previously declared here
> [ ... ]
> > Is this a header conflict?
>
> No, this is broken source code.
>
> User programs should not reference the "machine" headers directly.

Also, including <machine/types.h> should fail earlier because this header
shouldn't exist.  It was renamed to <machine/_types.h> in -current to
inhibit direct inclusion of it.

Bruce