Update newlib/libc/search directory

[Vaibhav Gupta]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 10:57 PM Joel Sherrill <joel at rtems.org> wrote:

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> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 1:22 AM Vaibhav Gupta <vaibhavgupta40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> Hello
>> Yesterday I was trying to update     newlib/libc/search     directory.
>> .
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>> - Updating    hash.h    will create need to update following files:
>> 	- hash_page.c :        now requires libc_private.h
>> 	- hash_bigkey.c
>> 	- hash_buf.c
>> 	- hash.c :         requires namespace.h, un-namespace.h present in posix, hence modify Makefile.am
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>>
> FWIW namespace*.h is from BSD although it may only be used in
> newlib/posix.
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>> 	- hash_fun.c
>> 	- hcreate_r.c :  now requires hsearch.h/hsearch_r.c (elix 2)
>> 	- hcreate.c
>> 	- hash_log2.c
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>> And    newlib/libc/include/search.h       was ported from NetBSD and not from FreeBSD, so there
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>> is change in data structures, which are giving compilation errors.
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>>
> What if you start with replacing search.h with the FreeBSD one rather than
> modifying
> the one that's there?  Any existing files that are impacted can then
> either be fixed or
> updated with the current FreeBSD implementation.
>
Okay, I will proceed with that.

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> It is generally better to stick close to original and traceable sources
> than to start
> modifying.
>
> Sorry for being slow/offline. Between teaching an RTEMS class, some travel,
> and being sick, I am barely answering email.
>
I am sorry to hear about your fever. Are you fine now?
Be comfortable, Gedare and Aditya have helped me out whenever I got stuck.

Vaibhav Gupta

>
> --joel
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