On Sat, 02 Oct 2010, Matthias Scheler wrote: > Modified Files: > src/lib/libc/stdlib: putenv.c setenv.c > > Log Message: > Restore binary compatibility with application which use putenv(3) on > contant strings (e.g. postdrop(1)): > - Don't write to the environment string passed to putenv(3). > - Don't overwrite the value of an existing in setenv(3) unless the memory > was actually allocated by setenv(3).
Please document this. I suggest a BUGS section in putenv(3) stating that that the interface uses non-const char* for compatibility with POSIX brain damage, but the implementation guarantees to treat it as read-only. --apb (Alan Barrett)
