Bug 17864

<<On 8 Apr 2000 15:24:48 -0000, "Thimble Smith" <tim@mysql.com> said:

> Programs that include <sys/resource.h> without including <sys/time.h>
> first will not compile, because struct timeval is not defined.  This
> could be a bug in the program instead of in FreeBSD.  If so, go ahead
> and tell me so and I'll bug the program's authors.

<sys/time.h> is a documented prerequisite of <sys/resource.h>:

GETRUSAGE(2)              FreeBSD System Calls Manual             GETRUSAGE(2)

NAME
     getrusage - get information about resource utilization

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/time.h>
     #include <sys/resource.h>

GETRLIMIT(2)              FreeBSD System Calls Manual             GETRLIMIT(2)

NAME
     getrlimit, setrlimit - control maximum system resource consumption

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <sys/time.h>
     #include <sys/resource.h>

-GAWollman

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On Sat, 08 Apr 2000 09:10:03 MST, Garrett Wollman wrote:

>  <sys/time.h> is a documented prerequisite of <sys/resource.h>:

Always?  Is gettimeofday(2) wrong, or is this a red herring?

Ciao,
Sheldon.

This is also a duplicate of bin/5758.

Comment 4 Poul-Henning Kamp 2001-05-23 21:50:29 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->closed

Stale PR