Re: [PATCH] tests: add missing sys/types.h for ls speed-up test

[Jim Meyering]

Jérémy Compostella wrote:

> Jim,
>
>> > Thank you for the report and the patch.
>> > Please tell us what type/version of compiler/system you're using.
>> > It's good to include that information, especially since ssize_t
>> > is supposed to be defined via stdio.h.  Then it is clear that this
>> > change is working around a problem with non-conforming systems.
>> Here the requested information:
>> - linux kernel: Linux Apollo 3.2.0-rc7+ #75 SMP Thu Jan 5 18:14:54 CET
>>   2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>> - gcc (Debian 4.4.5-8) 4.4.5
>> - libc6-dev 2.11.2-10
> I made some search. This issue is Debian related (I got another computer
> with a recent Ubuntu and the problem is gone, version 2.13-0ubuntu13). I
> am able to reproduce this issue on my Debian server too. I tested it
> because my current laptop is a little bit customized and I don't trust
> it at some points.
>
> According to http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11125, this
> issue has been reported on version 2.11 which is the current Debian GNU
> libc distributed version and has been fixed. I just make the last Debian
> update I always have this issue.
>
> This has been fixed in glibc commit
> cd2f000c074b07931bd78ab5ff5fa3c0f7db628a released with the 2.12 glibc
> version.
>
> So, the patch I proposed is clearly a Debian squeeze (2.11) workaround.
> I will try to raise a bug report to the Debian team to see if they can pick
> this commit in their branch.

Thanks.
For a more standards-conforming development environment, I recommend the
latest Fedora.  I build/test everything I release on at least Fedora 16
(soon Fedora 17) and Fedora rawhide.  I also test regularly on Debian
unstable and, less frequently, on a few other platforms.

For the record, here are a few distro/version number pairs:

  Fedora Rawhide          glibc-2.15-2
  Fedora 16               glibc-2.14.90-24
  Debian unstable     libc6-dev 2.13-26