Bug 198178 - sys/sysctl.h should probably include sys/types.h
Summary: sys/sysctl.h should probably include sys/types.h
Status: Closed Not A Bug
Alias: None
Product: Base System
Classification: Unclassified
Component: misc (show other bugs)
Version: 10.1-RELEASE
Hardware: Any Any
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Reported: 2015-03-02 19:08 UTC by Eric Fiselier
Modified: 2015-07-08 14:17 UTC (History)
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Description Eric Fiselier 2015-03-02 19:08:53 UTC 
sysctl.h seems to use u_int which is defined in sys/types.h. For this reason sysctl.h should probably include sys/types.h. Is there a reason this isn't done?
Comment 1 Jilles Tjoelker freebsd_committer freebsd_triage 2015-03-03 22:04:27 UTC 
Historically, BSD has not included in headers all other headers that could possibly be necessary. One reason is to avoid namespace pollution. POSIX prescribes that its headers may be included by themselves, but <sys/sysctl.h> is not specified by POSIX.