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Diffstat (limited to 'sysdeps')
| -rw-r--r-- | sysdeps/generic/setenv.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c b/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c index 21d9b675cb..a5818d03bf 100644 --- a/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c +++ b/sysdeps/generic/setenv.c @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +/* Copyright (C) 1992, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This file is part of the GNU C Library. The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or @@ -16,6 +16,23 @@ write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ +/* Issues: + + 1. putenv must not use setenv since the string provided by the user + must be used, not a copy + + 2. a common function should determine the place where to insert the + new entry and if necessary take care of extending the array + + 3. It must be kept track of whether an entry was inserted via putenv + or setenv. In the former case the entry must not be put into + the search tree since removing it could mean it will not be + available anymore (e.g., when allocated on the stack) + + To handle this an array parallel to the __environ array must specify + whether the entry was added via putenv or not +*/ + #if HAVE_CONFIG_H # include <config.h> #endif |