- fix conflicting decls of syslog related facilitynames and prioritynames tables

1 files changed, 23 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/sysklogd/logger.c b/sysklogd/logger.c
index 970b05dc6..090750173 100644
--- a/sysklogd/logger.c
+++ b/sysklogd/logger.c
@@ -8,28 +8,32 @@
  */
 
 #include "libbb.h"
-
-#if !defined CONFIG_SYSLOGD
-
-/* SYSLOG_NAMES defined to pull prioritynames[] and facilitynames[]
- * from syslog.h. Grrrr - glibc puts those in _rwdata_! :( */
+#ifndef CONFIG_SYSLOGD
 #define SYSLOG_NAMES
-#define SYSLOG_NAMES_CONST /* uclibc is saner :) */
-#include <sys/syslog.h>
-
+#define SYSLOG_NAMES_CONST
+#include <syslog.h>
 #else
-#include <sys/syslog.h>
-#  ifndef __dietlibc__
-        /* We have to do this since the header file defines static
-         * structures.  Argh.... bad libc, bad, bad...
-         */
-        typedef struct _code {
-                char *c_name;
-                int c_val;
-        } CODE;
-        extern CODE prioritynames[];
-        extern CODE facilitynames[];
+/* brokenness alert. Everybody except dietlibc get's this wrong by neither
+ * providing a typedef nor an extern for facilitynames and prioritynames
+ * in syslog.h.
+ */
+# include <syslog.h>
+# ifndef __dietlibc__
+/* We have to do this since the header file does neither provide a sane type
+ * for this structure nor extern definitions.  Argh.... bad libc, bad, bad...
+ */
+typedef struct _code {
+        char *c_name; /* FIXME: this should be const char *const c_name ! */
+        int c_val;
+} CODE;
+#  ifdef __UCLIBC__
+extern const CODE prioritynames[];
+extern const CODE facilitynames[];
+#  else
+extern CODE prioritynames[];
+extern CODE facilitynames[];
 #  endif
+# endif
 #endif
 
 /* Decode a symbolic name to a numeric value