-/* these ones live in str.h, but redeclare them here so that we do
- not need to load the whole str.h and its heavy dependencies */
-XBT_PUBLIC(int) asprintf (char **ptr, const char *fmt, /*args*/ ...) _XBT_GNUC_PRINTF(2,3);
-XBT_PUBLIC(int) vasprintf (char **ptr, const char *fmt, va_list ap);
-XBT_PUBLIC(char*) bprintf (const char*fmt, ...) _XBT_GNUC_PRINTF(1,2);
+#ifdef XBT_LOG_LOCALLY_DEFINE_XBT_CHANNEL
+XBT_LOG_NEW_CATEGORY(xbt, "All XBT categories (simgrid toolbox)");
+#else
+XBT_LOG_EXTERNAL_CATEGORY(xbt);
+#endif