[Libguestfs] [PATCH 2/6] daemon: Missing #includes revealed by cross-compiling.

[Jim Meyering]

Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:25:13PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
>> Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> > Subject: [PATCH 2/6] daemon: Missing #includes revealed by cross-compiling.
>>
>> Looks fine and obviously safe.
>> What symbols?
>
> The two problems fixed by this are that PATH_MAX requires <limits.h>
> (on Win32 anyhow), and that various str* and mem* functions were being
> used without including <string.h> (probably works because this is
> implicitly included from another header file).

Did you know that PATH_MAX may not be defined at all?
Or it may be defined to something outrageously large?
That's why coding style guidelines often suggest to avoid it altogether.