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RE: putenv() - copying environment string violates Unix specs?
- To: "cygwin" <cygwin at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: putenv() - copying environment string violates Unix specs?
- From: "Andrej Borsenkow" <Andrej dot Borsenkow at mow dot siemens dot ru>
- Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2000 15:37:57 +0400
- Cc: <Cygwin at Sourceware dot Cygnus dot Com>
>
> 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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