On 5/14, I wrote:
> Dimi Shahbaz wrote:
> > I'm trying to build glibc ...
> > [but get a compile error:]
> > ../inet/netinet/in.h:259: parse error before '(' token
> > [caused by linux's #define of ntohl when compiling glibc's
> >  function prototype for ntohl]
> 
> I think the conflict is with the ntohl macros defined in
> /usr/src/linux/include/linux/byteorder/generic.h
> 
> These days, I don't see why the Linux kernel headers
> should be defining ntohl for userspace; libc's headers
> do that.  So how about simplifying generic.h so it
> only does anything when compiling the kernel:

Here's that patch again (MIME this time, so tabs don't get
lost by my silly gui mailer); applies cleanly against against 2.4.19-pre8.
Nobody commented on it last time I posted it, and it does
make compiling gcc easier, so I guess that makes it trivial patch
monkey fodder.  Or am I making a silly mistake?
- Dan