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Bug#860013: Bug#824442: <linux/if.h> and <net/if.h> conflict needs to be resolved

From	Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#860013: Bug#824442: <linux/if.h> and <net/if.h> conflict needs to be resolved
Date	2017-04-12 00:40 +0200
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Control: severity -1 important
Control: severity 824442 important

On Tue, 2017-04-11 at 23:20 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> On 2017-04-11 03:35, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > Control: tag -1 moreinfo
> > 
> > On Mon, 10 Apr 2017 10:48:45 +0200 Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> wrote:
> > [...] 
> > > Unfortunately I have been pointed on the libc-alpha mailing list that
> > > it doesn't work if another file which includes <linux/libc-compat.h>
> > > (e.g. <linux/xattr.h>) is included before <net/if.h>. The problem is
> > > that the __UAPI_DEF_IF_* constants are set to 1 in <linux/libc-compat.h>
> > > even if <linux/if.h> is not included.
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > Does this affect any real programs, or is this just theoretical (and
> > therefore should be downgraded)?
> 
> It depends what do you mean by real program. I doubt it still affect
> debian packages. The change has been introduced by kernel 4.5, and I
> guess by now all the FTBFS have been fixed. At least for stretch, they
> might be a few left in sid.

While the fix in the kernel is clearly incomplete, I think it must have
worked for most programs.

> Now some of the fixes might not have reached upstream yet.
> 
> If we consider that acceptable, we can lower the severity of the bugs on
> both the kernel and the glibc side.

Let's do that.

Ben.

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Bug#824442: <linux/if.h> and <net/if.h> conflict needs to be resolved Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net> - 2017-03-04 18:30 +0100
  Bug#824442: <linux/if.h> and <net/if.h> conflict needs to be resolved Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> - 2017-04-09 22:20 +0200
    Bug#824442: <linux/if.h> and <net/if.h> conflict needs to be resolved Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net> - 2017-04-10 11:00 +0200
      Bug#860013: Bug#824442: <linux/if.h> and <net/if.h> conflict needs to be resolved Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2017-04-12 00:40 +0200

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