Help with making stuff compile on non-Linux

[Sebastian Trüg]

On Wednesday 23 July 2008 22:10:21 Alex Merry wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 July 2008 09:15:06 Sebastian Trüg wrote:
> > Please find attached a version containing some ifdefs. Do you think I can
> > commit this or should I wait for Monday in case it breaks for some people
> > and needs fixing by the real experts. ;)
>
> I don't really see why you need to bother with the HAVE_* macros - why not
> just use #ifdef SCHED_BATCH and #ifdef SYS_ioprio_set directly?
>
> IMO, this make the code more readable, because it's immediately obvious
> what the #ifdefs guard against.  The HAVE_* macros are really for CMake
> checks.

Only one reason: in case there is a fancier check one would only have to 
replace it in one place.

Cheers,
Sebastian