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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:17:21 +0200
From: Szabolcs Nagy <nsz@...t70.net>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: why is there no __MUSL__ macro?

* Laurent Bercot <ska-dietlibc@...rnet.org> [2014-09-11 12:09:07 +0100]:
> >FFmpeg needs support for library features defined in POSIX.1-2001 with XSI extension and the standards below. Currently configure probes the host and target libc by checking for defined macros like __GLIBC__ and __UCLIBC__. In case of glibc and uclibc it sets -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 properly.
> 
>  Why not set this macro unconditionally ?
>  All standards-compliant libcs will make the correct symbols visible
> if you define _XOPEN_SOURCE to a certain value. This include glibc,

this has to be the most frequently asked question

http://wiki.musl-libc.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_why_is_there_no_MUSL_macro_.3F

and yes, assuming standard conformance by default is the
sane thing to do

then _testing_ for conformance issues is the second try
if the default fails

and only if testing is somehow difficult/inappropriate
should one fall back to hardcoding behaviour for particular
non-conforming systems

in case of musl conformance bugs are fixed so you should
report them instead of trying to work them around

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