[PATCH] Portability fixes

[Joerg Sonnenberger]

On Sat, Jan 26, 2008 at 04:46:04AM +1100, Daniel Stone wrote:
> > So make them conditional on Linux or Solaris. Breaking other systems is
> > a bad excuse for that practise.
> 
> I appreciate your enthusiasm, but that only really worsens the mess.

Let me repeat. The current behaviour breaks systems. It depends on
implementation details. Which systems *do* need it? Solaris and Linux in
general are not acceptable answer as this patch has been used on both.

Joerg