Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:20:14 -0700 From: "David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen check_utility_compat.c confstr.c fmtmsg.c getgrent.c getpwent.c src/lib/libc/include namespace.h un-namespace.h src/lib/libc/locale setlocale.c src/lib/libc/net getaddrinfo.c gethostbydns.c getnameinfo.c hesiod.c ... Message-ID: <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <xzp65oxrn3e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <200304292113.h3TLDoGF072965@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzp65oxrn3e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 11:49:09PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.org> writes: > > Log: > > `Hide' strlcpy and strlcat (using the namespace.h / __weak_reference > > technique) so that we don't wind up calling into an application's > > version if the application defines them. > > We should probably do this for every libc function that is used within > libc... No we shouldn't. If I understand you correctly, it prevents me from linking in my own malloc()/free() and having the entire system use it. Being able to replace the use of a libc function for *all* running of a program is a very useful thing. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org)
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