Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 17:40:52 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Esa DOT Peuha AT Helsinki DOT FI
cc: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: [peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi: Patches for libc.inf sources]
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On Fri, 8 Aug 1997, Esa A E Peuha wrote:

> > I think this change should NOT be applied.  All Unix systems to which
> > I have access put the prototype of `gettimeofday' in <sys/time.h>.
> > So, for portability, users should include that header, and the docs
> > should say so.
> 
> Whatever you say

If you disagree with what I said, please say so.  Don't just punt
because I've said it.  I have said some pretty dumb things in my
life, and I cannot be sure this isn't one of them.

> but for some reason djgpp's prototype of `gettimeofday'
> is in <time.h> and that's why I changed it.

Right, but <sys/time.h> includes <time.h>, so including <sys/time.h>
will also fetch the prototype of `gettimeofday'.

> BTW, is there something wrong with the mail archives at delorie.com? The
> end of the quoted message is attached to the end of
> `djgpp-workers/1997/08/07/06:48:11' but it's not there as an independent
> message.

I don't know.  DJ?