Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:46:52 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Florian Smeets <flo@kasimir.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding strndup(3) to libc viable/useful? Message-ID: <86r64nwzfn.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <49381DD4.2000506@kasimir.com> (Florian Smeets's message of "Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:13:40 %2B0100") References: <49381DD4.2000506@kasimir.com>
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Florian Smeets <flo@kasimir.com> writes: > There are 13 ports in the ports tree right now that patch in strndup > via a patch in the files/ dir, well actually 12 bring there own > version of strndup and one replaces it with a call to malloc/strncpy. > > Would it make sense to add this to our libc? A patch which does this > is available here at http://webmail.solomo.de/~flo/strndup.patch Not a bad idea, but those ports patches would still be required for compatibility with existing releases. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des@des.no
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