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authorSteve Hay <SteveHay@planit.com>2009-04-17 09:40:00 +0100
committerSteve Hay <SteveHay@planit.com>2009-04-17 09:40:00 +0100
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Add reference to MS KB article describing leak in putenv()
Subject: Re: /ext/Time-Piece/t/02core.t From: Rob May <rob@themayfamily.me.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:32:53 +0100 Message-ID: <54bdc7510904160232m1ae4142dw3566bf27b4fd2818@mail.gmail.com>
-rw-r--r--win32/win32.c3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/win32/win32.c b/win32/win32.c
index 91546135cc..cef828b998 100644
--- a/win32/win32.c
+++ b/win32/win32.c
@@ -1765,7 +1765,8 @@ win32_putenv(const char *name)
* Has these advantages over putenv() & co.:
* * enables us to store a truly empty value in the
* environment (like in UNIX).
- * * we don't have to deal with RTL globals, bugs and leaks.
+ * * we don't have to deal with RTL globals, bugs and leaks
+ * (specifically, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235601).
* * Much faster.
* Why you may want to use the RTL environment handling
* (previously enabled by USE_WIN32_RTL_ENV):