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Re: Patch 2/3 for topic/libposix
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: Patch 2/3 for topic/libposix |
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Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:02:25 -0800 |
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On 11/11/2010 05:09 PM, Bruce Korb wrote:
> This patch modifies lib/error.c so that should someone
> call it without having set program_name, then a message
> is printed and abort() called instead of seg faulting.
It's not clear that this is a win. The current code,
in glibc and in most other C libraries, doesn't segfault if you don't set the
program name, and people might prefer this to an abrupt termination.
I agree with Eric that there must be a less-intrusive way to make
the change, assuming people want it. There should be no need
for that #ifdef HPUX, among other things.