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Date:      Fri, 07 Aug 1998 13:22:11 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com>
Cc:        phk@critter.freebsd.dk (Poul-Henning Kamp), wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, bde@zeta.org.au
Subject:   Re: memory leaks in libc 
Message-ID:  <199808072022.NAA24590@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Aug 1998 12:51:04 PDT." <199808071951.MAA04454@bubba.whistle.com> 

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>The attitude reflected in this statement is the exact opposite of mine,
>which is: Yes, there is a memoryleak associated with use of this API,
>let's fix the stupid bug and get on with it! Am I crazy for thinking
>that?

   I wouldn't say you're crazy by thinking that, but I'm still concerned
about programs that do a mix of setenv and private frobbing of the env.
It seems to me that by "fixing" this memory leak, you're quite likely adding
new bugs to existing programs.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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