[libvirt] Status of gnulib/local/m4/ssize_t.m4.diff ?

[Eric Blake]

On 07/04/2016 08:17 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> Way back in 2012, we added the ssize_t.m4.diff file because we didn't
> want to risk pulling in a gnulib update at time of release.
> 
> ommit 1012dc2933378640ac0ab1025a4fec2fc8c6f84c
> Author: Eric Blake <eblake at redhat.com>
> Date:   Fri Mar 30 10:28:03 2012 -0600
> 

>     
>     There is still an upstream bug where gnulib uses the wrong type
>     for ssize_t on mingw; we need the fix now even though it has not
>     yet been accepted into gnulib:
>     https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-03/msg00188.html
> 
> 
> Fast forward 4 years, and I'm wondering why we stsill have a ssize_t.m4.diff
> file that we're updating. It doesn't look like gnulib ever merged it upstream.
> Can we kill it from libvirt too yet, or does gnulib really need to accept it ?

I think this is the answer:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2012-04/msg00021.html

The bug is only present in the (now-defunct) mingw (the 32-bit-only)
project; the mingw64 32- and 64-bit headers are correct, so it no longer
buys us anything to work around it.  I'm testing a patch now.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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