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@@ -17,6 +17,16 @@ Version 2.25 from that TS. Note that most features from that TS are not supported by the GNU C Library. +* The inclusion of <sys/sysmacros.h> by <sys/types.h> is deprecated. This + means that in a future release, the macros “major”, “minor”, and “makedev” + will only be available from <sys/sysmacros.h>. + + These macros are not part of POSIX nor XSI, and their names frequently + collide with user code; see for instance glibc bug 19239 and Red Hat bug + 130601. <stdlib.h> includes <sys/types.h> under _GNU_SOURCE, and C++ code + presently cannot avoid being compiled under _GNU_SOURCE, exacerbating the + problem. + Security related changes: [Add security related changes here] |