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  1. Bug #94641
  2. Comment #2

Comment 2 for bug 94641

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Shaya Potter (spotter) wrote : Re: [Bug 94641] Re: asm/bitops.h not included in linux-libc-dev

you're right that a program that depends on it is in some ways non
standard and non portable beyond Linux, but why should I have to
reinvent the wheel in regards to things like bit operations, when the
linux kernel includes useful functionality for my own programs?

Ben Collins wrote:
> It's not included because only the parts needed for libc6-dev are there.
> Anything else is non-standard, and non-portable, so doesn't belong.
>
> Programs that rely on these non-standard headers really are doing the
> wrong thing.
>
> ** Changed in: linux-source-2.6.20 (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected
>