NetBSD Problem Report #2949

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Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 19:51:46 -0600 (CST)
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@taniemarie.solon.com>
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To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Subject: daemon() should not be in &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
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>Number:         2949
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       daemon() should not be in &lt;stdlib.h&gt;
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    gnats-admin
>State:          closed
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 17 18:05:00 +0000 1996
>Closed-Date:    Mon Jan 04 22:20:45 +0000 1999
>Last-Modified:  Mon Jan 04 22:21:07 +0000 1999
>Originator:     Peter Seebach
>Release:        1.2
>Organization:
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>Environment:
System: NetBSD taniemarie 1.2_BETA NetBSD 1.2_BETA (SEEBS) #0: Fri Aug 16 17:16:09 CDT 1996 seebs@taniemarie:/usr/src/sys/arch/amiga/compile/SEEBS amiga


>Description:
	IMHO, it is incorrect for daemon() to be declared in <stdlib.h>.
	I can survive it since it goes away if I #define _POSIX_SOURCE or
	_ANSI_SOURCE, but it shouldn't show up unless asked for.

	If nothing else, it should be in <unistd.h> or some Berkeley
	header, not a Standard C header.

>How-To-Repeat:
	Try to build procmail.

>Fix:
	My suggestion: move daemon() (and other similar functions) to a
	more correct header reflecting their local and unix-specific nature.
	Or, perhaps cause the compiler's default to be -D_POSIX_SOURCE.  :)

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback 
State-Changed-By: fair 
State-Changed-When: Wed Aug 12 10:44:57 PDT 1998 
State-Changed-Why:  
The daemon() declaration is now in the "implementation dependent" section 
of stdlib.h set for !defined(_POSIX_C_SOURCE) && !defined(_XOPEN_SOURCE) 

Is this sufficient to close this PR? 
State-Changed-From-To: feedback->closed 
State-Changed-By: garbled 
State-Changed-When: Mon Jan 4 14:20:45 PST 1999 
State-Changed-Why:  
This has been fixed in -current. 
>Unformatted:

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