B_BEOS_DATA_DIRECTORY Shouldn't Exist

[AGMS]

B_BEOS_DATA_DIRECTORY is a Haiku invention, it doesn't exist in BeOS R5.

So, please remove it from headers/os/storage/FindDirectory.h and related places.

It's pretty safe to remove since it doesn't change the enum ordering (it's actually an aliasing to another enum label).

[AGMS]

Patch for removing the symbol and updating the documentation.

[axeld]

Your summary is a bit misleading: B_BEOS_DATA_DIRECTORY is a *deprecated* Haiku invention, that can now be removed :-)

[waddlesplash]

axeld: if it can be removed, why did you close the ticket as invalid?

[axeld]

Trigger happy, I guess :-)

[pulkomandy]

A Google search reveals at least one application still using it, but it is my own code and I will happily fix it.

[AGMS]

How about just changing the documentation to say that the symbol history goes back to Haiku, not to BeOS?

[axeld]

Applied in hrev51155, thanks!

[miqlas]

Replying to axeld:

Applied in hrev51155, thanks!

Axel, you just closed the wrong ticket...

[AGMS]

Is there a bug report system for meta-bugs? This bug report causes processing glitches in the programmers :-)

[jua]

Why reopen? The patch was applied in hrev51155, see commit 5e7964b0.

[AGMS]

Oops, didn't see that other commit before hrev51155. Sorry about that, feel free to close this bug.

Argh, I too have been hit by the programmer processing problem caused by this bug! :-)

[vidrep]

This is probably not the appropriate place to issue a warning, but I have a serious concern about hrev51155. After updating both my x86_64 and x86_gcc5h partitions, now neither will boot - it only gets to the rocket icon.