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From:
Stefan Sperling <stsp@stsp.name>
Subject:
Re: portability: HOST_NAME_MAX
To:
Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Cc:
gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date:
Sat, 24 Jun 2023 23:49:55 +0200

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On Sat, Jun 24, 2023 at 10:32:52PM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> On FreeBSD, HOST_NAME_MAX is not defined.  Use _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX
> instead, which is guaranteed to exist.
> 
> OK?
> 
> The POSIX logic is convoluted.  Basically, if I understand correctly:
> If sysconf(_SC_HOST_NAME_MAX) >= _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX, then
> HOST_NAME_MAX should not be defined in <limits.h>.

Thanks for digging this up.
I don't understand why it was specified like this in POSIX but everything
still builds and works for me with this patch. So fine by me.

> -----------------------------------------------
> commit 1f948a3aee6f3f9bff26b7f39fe2c4e63ddf8ff6 (main)
> from: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
> date: Sat Jun 24 20:25:37 2023 UTC
>  
>  use _POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX for portability
>  
>  M  lib/repository_admin.c
> 
> diff 294fdcae50063512dd68a933836696c9eb0ea0ff 1f948a3aee6f3f9bff26b7f39fe2c4e63ddf8ff6
> commit - 294fdcae50063512dd68a933836696c9eb0ea0ff
> commit + 1f948a3aee6f3f9bff26b7f39fe2c4e63ddf8ff6
> blob - 31425fb8310125b7f7fe7389432f6a005df42136
> blob + b3f6f17b931df0ad083fed1158a332673f844866
> --- lib/repository_admin.c
> +++ lib/repository_admin.c
> @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ got_repo_cleanup_prepare(struct got_repository *repo,
>      struct got_lockfile **lk)
>  {
>  	const struct got_error *err;
> -	char myname[HOST_NAME_MAX + 1];
> +	char myname[_POSIX_HOST_NAME_MAX + 1];
>  
>  	if (gethostname(myname, sizeof(myname)) == -1)
>  		return got_error_from_errno("gethostname");
> 
> -- 
> Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy@mips.inka.de
> 
>