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Re: PATCH: better support for BSDs for $ZSH_EXEPATH

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From: Oliver Kiddle <opk@xxxxxxx>
To: Zsh workers <zsh-workers@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: PATCH: better support for BSDs for $ZSH_EXEPATH
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:50:33 +0200
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/workers/53092>
In-reply-to: <11850-1726268365.698506@T5TA.elFs._Yg_>
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References: <11850-1726268365.698506@T5TA.elFs._Yg_>

I wrote:
> To implement $ZSH_EXEPATH there is Mac and Linux specific solutions
> followed by a fallback using argv[0] and a $PATH search. This adds a
> better approach for NetBSD, FreeBSD and DragonflyBSD based on sysctl(3).

Apparently on Linux systems of a certain age, sys/sysctl.h exists but
including it prints warnings about use of a deprecated header. On the
newer system I tested against it no longer exists. I can't find a better
way to avoid this warning than the following.

Oliver

diff --git a/Src/init.c b/Src/init.c
index 2f914f96b..61f759ded 100644
--- a/Src/init.c
+++ b/Src/init.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@

 #include "version.h"

-#ifdef HAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H
+#if defined(HAVE_SYS_SYSCTL_H) && !defined(__linux)
 #include <sys/sysctl.h>
 #endif

References:
- PATCH: better support for BSDs for $ZSH_EXEPATH
  - From: Oliver Kiddle

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