From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Sep 22 21:08:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CF7C1065693; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:08:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brde@optusnet.com.au) Received: from mail08.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail08.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.189]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9B18FC16; Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from c122-107-116-249.carlnfd1.nsw.optusnet.com.au (c122-107-116-249.carlnfd1.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.107.116.249]) by mail08.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o8ML8bU4027607 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:08:39 +1000 Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 07:08:37 +1000 (EST) From: Bruce Evans X-X-Sender: bde@delplex.bde.org To: Rui Paulo In-Reply-To: <201009221800.o8MI0Ze3038214@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: <20100923070247.L716@delplex.bde.org> References: <201009221800.o8MI0Ze3038214@svn.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-8@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r213002 - in stable/8: include lib/libc/gen X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:08:42 -0000 On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Rui Paulo wrote: > Log: > MFC r197804 (rwatson): > Add basename_r(3) to complement basename(3). basename_r(3) which accepts > a caller-allocated buffer of at least MAXPATHLEN, rather than using a > global buffer. MAXPATHLEN has been deprecated for more than 20 years. Please don't use it in new interfaces. A few man pages, not including basename.3, have been updated to spell it PATH_MAX (should be {PATH_MAX}). > Note about semantics: while this interface is not POSIXy, there's > another major platform that uses it (Android) and the semantics between > the two platforms are pretty much the same. It is also not non-POSIX... > Modified: stable/8/include/libgen.h > ============================================================================== > --- stable/8/include/libgen.h Wed Sep 22 16:54:22 2010 (r213001) > +++ stable/8/include/libgen.h Wed Sep 22 18:00:34 2010 (r213002) > @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ > __BEGIN_DECLS > > char *basename(const char *); > +char *basename_r(const char *, char *); > char *dirname(const char *); > #if 0 > char *regcmp(const char *, ...); > ...since it is declared in the POSIX namespace. Bruce