From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
To: hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu)
Cc: libc-hacker@sourceware.cygnus.com (GNU C Library)
Subject: Re: Setenv/putenv changes break existing code.
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 18:40:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3lnbtir1e.fsf@localhost.localnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19990803010000.E96D457BA@ocean.lucon.org>
hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu) writes:
> [...] In either case, the string pointed to
> by string becomes part of the environment, so altering the string will
> change the environment. The space used by string is no longer used
> once a new string-defining name is passed to putenv().
>
> It seems to me that it is ok to free 'p' since it is no longer used
> when returning from putenv ().
You are quoting the standard and still don't see that your argument is
wrong? The putenv() code as it is now is correct.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-08-02 18:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-08-02 18:01 H.J. Lu
1999-08-02 18:40 ` Ulrich Drepper [this message]
1999-08-03 16:08 ` Cristian Gafton
1999-08-03 16:19 ` Ulrich Drepper
1999-08-02 18:48 ` Geoff Keating
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