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From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
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Subject: Re: Adding strndup(3) to libc viable/useful?
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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
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