Re: [libvirt] Use gnulib's c-ctype.h; prohibit use of <ctype.h>
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 02:39:06PM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
Jim Meyering <jim(a)meyering.net> wrote:
> Following up on this thread:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.libvirt/6338/focus=6349
>
> This change removes all uses of ctype macros and ensures
> that no new ones will be added.
>
> The other changes I mentioned will come later.
>
[...]
I should mention that there is a prerequisite patch
to add the c-ctype module and pull in gnulib-related updates:
>From 105399f605ff7c4c7f5148f18ea08cb63c8c0411 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <meyering(a)redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2008 13:59:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Prepare to use gnulib's c-type module.
Oops problem !
Assuming c-ctype licence is LGPL i'm all for it but I find
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=gnulib.git;a=blob;f=lib/c-ctype.h
-------------------line 10 ------------------
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
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I would postpone the c-ctype migration until this is fixed to LGPL,
assuming it's possible
Daniel
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