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From: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
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Subject: Re: Re: `Hiding' libc symbols
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On Tue, May 06, 2003 at 07:25:20PM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> >The situation may be different for non-standardized functions with names
> >in the application space like err().
> 
> Last time I checked, the base system included a program that included its
> own err() function - with functionality substantially different to err(3).

Yep, these symbols (err, warn) are already hidden using namespace.h.

Cheers,
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Jacques Vidrine   . NTT/Verio SME      . FreeBSD UNIX       . Heimdal
nectar@celabo.org . jvidrine@verio.net . nectar@freebsd.org . nectar@kth.se