Revert "compat/posix: introduce writev(3p) wrapper"

This reverts commit 3b9b2c2; let's
not use writev() for now.

Author: gitster

Makefile

@@ -2029,10 +2029,6 @@ ifdef NO_PREAD
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_PREAD
 	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/pread.o
 endif
-ifdef NO_WRITEV
-	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -DNO_WRITEV
-	COMPAT_OBJS += compat/writev.o
-endif
 ifdef NO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += -DNO_FAST_WORKING_DIRECTORY
 endif

compat/posix.h

@@ -137,9 +137,6 @@
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <sys/ioctl.h>
 #include <sys/statvfs.h>
-#ifndef NO_WRITEV
-#include <sys/uio.h>
-#endif
 #include <termios.h>
 #ifndef NO_SYS_SELECT_H
 #include <sys/select.h>
@@ -326,17 +323,6 @@ int git_lstat(const char *, struct stat *);
 ssize_t git_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off_t offset);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef NO_WRITEV
-#define writev git_writev
-#define iovec git_iovec
-struct git_iovec {
-	void *iov_base;
-	size_t iov_len;
-};
-
-ssize_t git_writev(int fd, const struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt);
-#endif
-
 #ifdef NO_SETENV
 #define setenv gitsetenv
 int gitsetenv(const char *, const char *, int);

compat/writev.c

@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	SANE_TOOL_PATH ?= $(msvc_bin_dir_msys)
 	HAVE_ALLOCA_H = YesPlease
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
-	NO_WRITEV = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
 	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
 	NO_POLL = YesPlease
@@ -675,7 +674,6 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	pathsep = ;
 	HAVE_ALLOCA_H = YesPlease
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
-	NO_WRITEV = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
 	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
 	NO_POLL = YesPlease

config.mak.uname

@@ -1429,7 +1429,6 @@ checkfuncs = {
   'initgroups' : [],
   'strtoumax' : ['strtoumax.c', 'strtoimax.c'],
   'pread' : ['pread.c'],
-  'writev' : ['writev.c'],
 }
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'