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| author | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-02-18 14:12:07 +0100 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-03-02 17:23:38 +0100 |
| commit | 7dd49d2811431dceac40473f3d65d13f6552cce4 (patch) | |
| tree | 9a9dcfd8b3c8fb8e8406b9c4cdf6a2034aab1c06 /doc/posix-functions | |
| parent | 2745af103fde56c389d4f46711d52d2a2d7b016e (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-7dd49d2811431dceac40473f3d65d13f6552cce4.tar.gz | |
Remove useless "if" tests before free. Deprecate "free" module.
* doc/posix-functions/free.texi: Mention that this
module is no longer useful.
* modules/free (Notice): Say this module is obsolete.
* modules/readutmp (Depends-on): Remove free.
* lib/save-cwd.c (free_cwd): Remove useless "if" before free.
* lib/putenv.c (putenv): Likewise.
* lib/gc-gnulib.c (gc_cipher_close): Likewise.
* lib/getaddrinfo.c (freeaddrinfo): Likewise.
* tests/test-c-strcasestr.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-c-strstr.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-mbscasestr1.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-mbscasestr2.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-mbsstr1.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-mbsstr2.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-memmem.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-strcasestr.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-striconv.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-striconveh.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-striconveha.c (main): Likewise.
* tests/test-strstr.c (main): Likewise.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/posix-functions')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/posix-functions/free.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/posix-functions/free.texi b/doc/posix-functions/free.texi index a407dc25eb..10d95cd0f9 100644 --- a/doc/posix-functions/free.texi +++ b/doc/posix-functions/free.texi @@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ Gnulib module: free Portability problems fixed by Gnulib: @itemize @item -On old platforms, @code{free (NULL)} is not allowed. +On old platforms such as SunOS4, @code{free (NULL)} fails. +However, since all such systems are so old as to no longer +be considered ``reasonable portability targets,'' +this module is no longer useful. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: |