Package: libc6-dev
Version: 2.2.5-11.2
Severity: normal
In "man 2 kill" the required include files for the function:
int kill(pid_t pid, int sig);
are:
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
However when a program is compiled in -ansi mode the required prototype
is not included. In the normal compilation mode the prototype is
included from /usr/include/signal.h
For example:-
--- BEGIN LOG ---
sjm217@maxwell:~/tmp$ cat libc6-dev-test.c
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <signal.h>
int main(void) {
kill(0,0);
return 0;
}
sjm217@maxwell:~/tmp$ gcc -Wall -ansi -pedantic libc6-dev-test.c
libc6-dev-test.c: In function `main':
libc6-dev-test.c:5: warning: implicit declaration of function `kill'
sjm217@maxwell:~/tmp$ gcc -Wall -ansi libc6-dev-test.c
libc6-dev-test.c: In function `main':
libc6-dev-test.c:5: warning: implicit declaration of function `kill'
sjm217@maxwell:~/tmp$ gcc -Wall libc6-dev-test.c
sjm217@maxwell:~/tmp$
--- END LOG ---
I would have expected that either the kill(2) manpage noted the correct
header files that need to be included, or the sys/types.h and signal.h
header files to be modified to include the prototype of kill.
Please let me know if any more information is required.
Thank you,
Steven Murdoch.
-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux maxwell 2.4.19 #1 Tue Oct 22 19:58:25 BST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages libc6-dev depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-11.2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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