Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 02:24:15 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.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: <xzpptn4rfww.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com> ("David O'Brien"'s message of "Tue, 29 Apr 2003 17:20:14 -0700") References: <200304292113.h3TLDoGF072965@repoman.freebsd.org> <xzp65oxrn3e.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20030430002014.GA1190@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" <dev-null@NUXI.com> writes: > 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. Except when you replace it with a broken implementation, like qpopper does with strlcpy()... DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org
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