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Subject: RE: putenv() - copying environment string violates Unix specs?
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:37:57 +0400
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>
> You're right and I think it should possible to change that but
> I'm not sure if that will make it into 1.1.3.
>

Of course, then setenv() should never attempt to reuse old environment
string. Just occured to me. That gives consitent handling - caller is
responsible for allocating and freeing environment strings.

-andrej


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