Bug 812

Summary: unistd.h fails to define pid_t
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide Reporter: Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
Component: glibcAssignee: Cristian Gafton <gafton>
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Description Michael K. Johnson 1999-01-13 04:08:15 UTC
unistd.h is supposed to define pid_t.  It doesn't.
Here's a test case.

$ cat test.c
#include <unistd.h>

int
main() {
  pid_t pid;
  pid = getpid();
  return 0;
}
$ make test
cc     test.c   -o test
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:5: `pid_t' undeclared (first use this function)
test.c:5: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
test.c:5: for each function it appears in.)
test.c:5: parse error before `pid'
test.c:6: `pid' undeclared (first use this function)
make: *** [test] Error 1

Comment 1 stewart 1999-01-13 04:31:59 UTC
Add -D_GNU_SOURCE to your compile line.  Then it works for me, on the
arm.

Looking at unistd.h the pid_t define is wrapped around: __USE_XOPEN