> maybe Python should set this variable on a system-wide > level? after all, if the source code assumes X/Open API's, > explicitly saying so cannot really hurt... > > /* force susv2 compatibility, where available */ > #define _XOPEN_SOURCE 500 Sounds like a plan to me. Anybody see any reason why that might hurt? --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)