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Re: [PATCH] wrapper: remove xunsetenv()

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Oct 29, 2021, 21:58 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> However, according to the unsetenv() manpage:
>
>   Prior to glibc 2.2.2, unsetenv() was prototyped as returning void;
>   more recent glibc versions follow the POSIX.1-compliant prototype
>   shown in the SYNOPSIS.
>
> So it is POSIX to return an int, but that gives us at least one platform
> where unsetenv() returns void (or used to). glibc 2.2.2 is 2001-era, so
> that may be old enough that we don't care. But it makes me wonder if
> other older or obscure platforms will run into this.

Ahh, OK. Well, we will hear from them soon enough. It is not like this is anything urgent.

Thanks.
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