0.8.18.8:

[sbcl.git] / src / runtime / wrap.c

diff --git a/src/runtime/wrap.c b/src/runtime/wrap.c
index a3d8881..3b195b8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/runtime/wrap.c
+++ b/src/runtime/wrap.c
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#include "runtime.h"
 #include "sbcl.h"
+#include "runtime.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-/* KLUDGE: Neither the OpenBSD nor the Linux man page give a header
- * file to find this in (?). -- WHN 2002-02-07 */
+/* Although it might seem as though this should be in some standard
+   Unix header, according to Perry E. Metzger, in a message on
+   sbcl-devel dated 2004-03-29, this is the POSIXly-correct way of
+   using environ: by an explicit declaration.  -- CSR, 2004-03-30 */
 extern char **environ;
 \f   
 /*
@@ -150,8 +152,11 @@ wrapped_readlink(char *path)
  * when values are small.
  *
  * FIXME: But of course we should fix the FFI so that we can use the
- * actual 64-bit values instead. */
-typedef long ffi_dev_t; /* since Linux dev_t can be 64 bits */
+ * actual 64-bit values instead.  In fact, we probably have by now
+ * (2003-10-03) on all working platforms except MIPS and HPPA; if some
+ * motivated spark would simply fix those, this hack could go away.
+ * -- CSR, 2003-10-03 */
+typedef u32 ffi_dev_t; /* since Linux dev_t can be 64 bits */
 typedef u32 ffi_off_t; /* since OpenBSD 2.8 st_size is 64 bits */
 
 /* a representation of stat(2) results which doesn't depend on CPU or OS */