Re: For review: pid_namespaces(7) man page

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2013-03-04T12:50:24Z

On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 4:50 AM, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:
> On 03/01/2013 03:57:40 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>>
>> > And yet the glibc guys insist on #define GNU_GNU_GNU_ALL_HAIL_STALLMAN
>> > in
>> > order to access this Linux-specific feature which has nothing whatsoever
>> > to
>> > do with the FSF.
>>
>> This is a misunderstanding. _GNU_SOURCE is the standard way to expose
>> Linux-specific functionality from POSIX header files.
>
>
> What standard? The Linux kernel is not, and never was, part of the GNU
> project.

This is "the standard way that glibc isolates Linux-specific
functionality in POSIX header files".

Thanks,

Michael

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