cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen check_utility_compat.c confstr.c fmtmsg.c getgrent.c getpwent.c src/lib/libc/include namespace.h un-namespace.h src/lib/libc/locale setlocale.c src/lib/libc/net getaddrinfo.c gethostbydns.c getnameinfo.c hesiod.c ...

[Juli Mallett]

* Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des at ofug.org> [ Date: 2003-04-29 ]
	[ w.r.t. Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/gen check_utility_compat.c confstr.c fmtmsg.c getgrent.c getpwent.c src/lib/libc/include namespace.h un-namespace.h src/lib/libc/locale setlocale.c src/lib/li
> "David O'Brien" <dev-null at 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()...

Even that can be useful, in some ways.
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