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| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2013-02-04 18:33:23 -0800 |
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| committer | Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> | 2013-02-04 20:35:19 -0800 |
| commit | 7517e2fd5e24f47eed66f8390d49f807555f8770 (patch) | |
| tree | a9d2b824f7be01ea30324698cf1d79b775def295 /doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi | |
| parent | 4a82904680e6974db7b9eed6a3ed4c6eb24ecbe4 (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-7517e2fd5e24f47eed66f8390d49f807555f8770.tar.gz | |
secure_getenv: new module
* MODULES.html.sh (Extra functions based on ANSI C 89):
Add secure_getenv.
* doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi: New file.
* doc/gnulib.texi: Include it.
* lib/secure_getenv.c, m4/secure_getenv.m4, modules/secure_getenv:
New files.
* lib/stdlib.in.h (secure_getenv): New decl.
* m4/stdlib_h.m4 (gl_STDLIB_H, gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS):
* modules/stdlib (stdlib.h):
Add secure_getenv checks.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi b/doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..300285e419 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/secure_getenv.texi @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +@node secure_getenv +@subsection @code{secure_getenv} +@findex secure_getenv + +Gnulib module: secure_getenv + +Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +This function is missing on some platforms: +glibc 2.16, OS X 10.8, FreeBSD 9.1, NetBSD 6.0.1, OpenBSD 5.2, Minix 3.2.0, +AIX 7.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, Solaris 11, Cygwin, mingw, MSVC 9, +Interix 6.1, BeOS. +@end itemize + +Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: +@itemize +@item +On platforms other than glibc 2.0 and later, the Gnulib replacement +function always returns a null pointer, even when invoked in a +non-setuid program. +@end itemize |