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From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen check_utility_compat.c confstr.c
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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
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