changeset 14024:872c921488fd

fcntl-h: Fix for use of C++ on glibc systems. * lib/fcntl.in.h: Include <sys/stat.h> before include_next <fcntl.h> also on glibc systems in C++ mode. Reported by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>.
author Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>
date Sat, 25 Dec 2010 14:43:05 +0100
parents e9ece819f6cd
children 0804093d3d53
files ChangeLog lib/fcntl.in.h
diffstat 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2010-12-25  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	fcntl-h: Fix for use of C++ on glibc systems.
+	* lib/fcntl.in.h: Include <sys/stat.h> before include_next <fcntl.h>
+	also on glibc systems in C++ mode.
+	Reported by Gary V. Vaughan <gary@gnu.org>.
+
 2010-12-25  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	roundl-ieee: Make it work on OSF/1 5.1 with cc.
--- a/lib/fcntl.in.h
+++ b/lib/fcntl.in.h
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@
 #ifndef _GL_FCNTL_H
 
 #include <sys/types.h>
-#ifndef __GLIBC__ /* Avoid namespace pollution on glibc systems.  */
+/* On some systems other than glibc, <sys/stat.h> is a prerequisite of
+   <fcntl.h>.  On glibc systems, we would like to avoid namespace pollution.
+   But on glibc systems, <fcntl.h> includes <sys/stat.h> inside an
+   extern "C" { ... } block, which leads to errors in C++ mode with the
+   overridden <sys/stat.h> from gnulib.  These errors are known to be gone
+   with g++ version >= 4.3.  */
+#if !(defined __GLIBC__ || defined __UCLIBC__) || (defined __cplusplus && defined GNULIB_NAMESPACE && !(__GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 3)))
 # include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 /* The include_next requires a split double-inclusion guard.  */