Debian Bug report logs - #13150
libc6-dev: Wrong function type for getpagesize ?

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hadmut Danisch <danisch@ira.uka.de>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: libc6-dev: Wrong function type for getpagesize ?

Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 22:01:17 +0200

Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.0.4-1



-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux gomorrha.bettina 2.0.30 #7 Fri Sep 12 17:43:34 CEST 1997 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages libc6-dev depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.4-1
gcc	Version: 2.7.2.3-2


In this version of libc6 getpagesize() and __getpagesize() are declared
as return type int, but they should have size_t, isn't it? size_t is
unsigned int in libc6.

regards
Hadmut

Message #10 received at 13150@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

To: 13150@bugs.debian.org

Cc: Hadmut Danisch <danisch@ira.uka.de>

Subject: return type of getpapersize()

Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 03:16:29 +0200

Hello Hadmut,

> In this version of libc6 getpagesize() and __getpagesize() are declared
> as return type int, but they should have size_t, isn't it? size_t is
> unsigned int in libc6.

Could you please tell me in which header file those functions are or were
prototyped? I can't find them prototyped anywhere in my header files
included with libc6-dev, and the linker can't find it, too.

This information is essential for us to make a decision if this is really a
bug against libc6.

Thank you,
Marcus

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Message #15 received at 13150@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hadmut Danisch <danisch@xlink.net>

To: Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Cc: 13150@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: return type of getpapersize()

Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1998 10:26:40 +0200 (MET DST)

> > In this version of libc6 getpagesize() and __getpagesize() are declared
> > as return type int, but they should have size_t, isn't it? size_t is
> > unsigned int in libc6.
> 
> Could you please tell me in which header file those functions are or were
> prototyped? I can't find them prototyped anywhere in my header files
> included with libc6-dev, and the linker can't find it, too.
> 
> This information is essential for us to make a decision if this is really a
> bug against libc6.

/usr/include/unistd.h (libc6-dev 2.07r-2)

regards
Hadmut

Message #20 received at 13150-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>

To: 13150-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: review of your bug report

Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 15:31:43 -0500

I've reviewed your bug report and have determined that the current
definition of getpagesize() is correct. My basis for this was from the
Single Unix Specification (SUSv2), which defined getpagesize() as :

	int getpagesize(void);

Thanks,
  Ben

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