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| -rw-r--r-- | man3/putenv.3 | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/man3/putenv.3 b/man3/putenv.3 index 59c2ff1cf..cb80b29f9 100644 --- a/man3/putenv.3 +++ b/man3/putenv.3 @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe const:env .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 @@ a copy of the string is used. 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; +this is fixed in all modern BSDs. .PP SUSv2 removes the \fIconst\fP from the prototype, and so does glibc 2.1.3. .PP |