Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 11:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/19406: setenv() allocates memory which is not freed by unsetenv() Message-ID: <200006201840.LAA91442@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/19406; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Phil Pennock <pdp@nl.demon.net> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: misc/19406: setenv() allocates memory which is not freed by unsetenv() Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 19:36:25 +0100 On Tue, Jun 20, 2000 at 08:28:13PM +0200, Phil Pennock wrote: > Anyone want to think how many old programs depend on some buggy aspect of the > memory allocation involved here? I believe this is required by some spec (probably POSIX), and has been discussed several times on the FreeBSD lists. I think the conclusion was that the current implimentation was correct. See: http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=5604 http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=10341 David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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