From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) Subject: Re: gcc2.4+lib4.4 limits.h bug Date: 28 May 1993 04:47:51 GMT
In article <NEAL.93May26134209@neal.ctd.comsat.com>, neal@ctd.comsat.com (Neal Becker) writes:
|> If you have these packages installed, then when you include <limits.h>
|> it will do:
|>
|>
|> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.4.0/include/limits.h
|>
|> which says include syslimits.h, which will read
|>
|> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.4.0/include/syslimits.h
|>
|> which says include_next limits.h which will read
|>
|> /usr/include/limits.h
|>
|> which says include_next limits.h
|>
|> which will fail.
|>
|> Solution:
|>
|> comment out the include_next in /usr/include/limits.h
Or try the enclosed /usr/include/limits.h.
H.J.
========/usr/include/limits.h=====
/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If
not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
/*
* ANSI Standard: 4.14/2.2.4.2 Limits of integral types <limits.h>
*/
#ifndef _LIMITS_H
#define _LIMITS_H 1
#include <features.h>
#ifdef __USE_POSIX
/* POSIX adds things to <limits.h>. */
#include <posix1_lim.h>
#endif
#ifdef __USE_POSIX2
#include <posix2_lim.h>
#endif
/* Only if gcc 2.x is used and -traditional is not used, we can use
* #include_next.
*/
#if __GNUC__ >= 2 && __STDC__
/* Have we done that? */
#if !defined(_GCC_LIMITS_H_) && !defined(_GCC_LIMITS_H)
/* Get the compiler's limits.h, which defines all the ANSI
* constants.
*/
/* This tells it not to look for another. */
#define _LIBC_LIMITS_H
#define _LIBC_LIMITS_H_
#include_next <limits.h>
#endif
#else /* Not GCC 2. */
/* We don't have #include_next.
Define ANSI <limits.h> for standard 32-bit words. */
/* These assume 8-bit `char's, 16-bit `short int's,
and 32-bit `int's and `long int's. */
/* Number of bits in a `char'. */
#define CHAR_BIT 8
/* Maximum length of any multibyte character in any locale.
Locale-writers should change this as necessary. */
#define MB_LEN_MAX 1
/* Minimum and maximum values a `signed char' can hold. */
#define SCHAR_MIN (-128)
#define SCHAR_MAX 127
/* Maximum value an `unsigned char' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
#ifdef __STDC__
#define UCHAR_MAX 255U
#else
#define UCHAR_MAX 255
#endif
/* Minimum and maximum values a `char' can hold. */
#ifdef __CHAR_UNSIGNED__
#define CHAR_MIN 0
#define CHAR_MAX UCHAR_MAX
#else
#define CHAR_MIN SCHAR_MIN
#define CHAR_MAX SCHAR_MAX
#endif
/* Minimum and maximum values a `signed short int' can hold. */
#define SHRT_MIN (-32768)
#define SHRT_MAX 32767
/* Maximum value an `unsigned short int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
#define USHRT_MAX 65535
/* Minimum and maximum values a `signed int' can hold. */
#define INT_MIN (- INT_MAX - 1)
#define INT_MAX 2147483647
/* Maximum value an `unsigned int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
#ifdef __STDC__
#define UINT_MAX 4294967295U
#else
#define UINT_MAX 4294967295
#endif
/* Minimum and maximum values a `signed long int' can hold. */
#define LONG_MIN INT_MIN
#define LONG_MAX INT_MAX
/* Maximum value an `unsigned long int' can hold. (Minimum is 0.) */
#define ULONG_MAX UINT_MAX
#endif /* GCC 2. */
#ifndef RAND_MAX
/* The largest number rand will return (same as INT_MAX). */
#define RAND_MAX INT_MAX
#endif
#endif /* limits.h */