The rc_depinfo_t and rc_deptype_t structures are not for public consumption.

src/librc-depend.h

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * librc-depend.h
+ * Internal header file for dependency structures
+ * Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation
+ * Released under the GPLv2
+ */
+
+#ifndef _LIBRC_DEPEND_H
+#define _LIBRC_DEPEND_H
+
+/*! @name Dependency structures
+ * private to librc - rc.h exposes them just a pointers */
+
+/*! Singly linked list of dependency types that list the services the
+ * type is for */
+typedef struct rc_deptype
+{
+	/*! ineed, iuse, iafter, etc */
+	char *type;
+	/*! NULL terminated list of services */
+	char **services;
+	/*! Next dependency type */
+	struct rc_deptype *next;
+} rc_deptype_t;
+
+/*! Singly linked list of services and their dependencies */
+typedef struct rc_depinfo
+{
+	/*! Name of service */
+	char *service;
+	/*! Dependencies */
+	rc_deptype_t *depends;
+	/*! Next service dependency type */
+	struct rc_depinfo *next;
+} rc_depinfo_t;
+
+#endif

src/librc.h

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef _LIBRC_H_
 #define _LIBRC_H_
 
+#define _IN_LIBRC
+
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "einfo.h"
+#include "librc-depend.h"
 #include "rc.h"
 #include "rc-misc.h"
 #include "strlist.h"

src/rc.h

@@ -239,29 +239,13 @@ bool rc_service_daemons_crashed (const char *service);
 
 /*! @name Dependencies
  * We analyse each init script and cache the resultant dependency tree.
- * This tree can be accessed using the below structures and functions. */
-/*! Singly linked list of dependency types that list the services the
- * type is for */
-typedef struct rc_deptype
-{
-	/*! ineed, iuse, iafter, etc */
-	char *type;
-	/*! NULL terminated list of services */
-	char **services;
-	/*! Next dependency type */
-	struct rc_deptype *next;
-} rc_deptype_t;
+ * This tree can be accessed using the below functions. */ 
 
-/*! Singly linked list of services and their dependencies */
-typedef struct rc_depinfo
-{
-	/*! Name of service */
-	char *service;
-	/*! Dependencies */
-	rc_deptype_t *depends;
-	/*! Next service dependency type */
-	struct rc_depinfo *next;
-} rc_depinfo_t;
+#ifndef _IN_LIBRC
+/* Handles to internal structures */
+typedef void *rc_deptype_t;
+typedef void *rc_depinfo_t;
+#endif
 
 /*! Update the cached dependency tree if it's older than any init script,
  * its configuration file or an external configuration file the init script