Re: [bug-patch] patch-2.6: problem report

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thursday 19 November 2009 20:30:05 Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote:
> (1) There are references to strndup() and strnlen(), which are
>     nonstandard functions

incorrect -- these are both in posix now

>     and should have fallback implementations if
>     they are not available in -lc

there already is a fallback implementation of strndup.  you'll probably have 
to post logs that show why it wasnt used.

>     Also, strndup() is not declared before use; I added a suitable
>     declaration in gl/lib/xstrndup.h:

the library/fallback code provide the decl.  it doesnt make sense to go 
sprinkling it elsewhere.

>       % ksh update-version.sh
>       update-version.sh: line 13: syntax error at line 24: `(' unexpected

i'm pretty sure this has already been fixed in gnulib

> (3) The following files require <stdbool.h>:
> 
>       ./gl/lib/argmatch.c

all files under gl/ belong to gnulib, not patch
-mike

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