Re: [PATCH] putenv.3: originated in SysVr2; in 4.3BSD-Reno; fixed on modern systems

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Hi!

On 5/23/23 22:17, наб wrote:
> Fixed in:
>   NetBSD 6     src lib/libc/stdlib/putenv.c 1.13
>   FreeBSD 7    putenv(3) says so
>   OpenBSD 4.6  src lib/libc/stdlib/setenv.c 1.10
> and is correct under current(?) MacOS as well
> 
> The current wording implies that all of 4.4BSD's descenants also carry
> this bug (at least it did to me): they did until like 2009 but they're
> fine now
> ---
>  man3/putenv.3 | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/putenv.3 b/man3/putenv.3
> index 59c2ff1..cb80b29 100644
> --- a/man3/putenv.3
> +++ b/man3/putenv.3
> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ .SH ATTRIBUTES
>  .SH STANDARDS
>  POSIX.1-2008.
>  .SH HISTORY
> -POSIX.1-2001, SVr4, 4.3BSD.
> +POSIX.1-2001, SVr2, 4.3BSD-Reno.
>  .PP
>  The
>  .BR putenv ()
> @@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ .SH HISTORY
>  On the one hand this causes a memory leak, and on the other hand
>  it violates SUSv2.
>  .PP
> -The 4.4BSD version, like glibc 2.0, uses a copy.
> +The 4.3BSD-Reno version, like glibc 2.0, uses a copy;

Maybe we should say s/uses/used/?

Cheers,
Alex

> +this is fixed in all modern BSDs.
>  .PP
>  SUSv2 removes the \fIconst\fP from the prototype, and so does glibc 2.1.3.
>  .PP

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