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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 index 269fecb..11922a7 100644 --- a/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 +++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/getenv.3 @@ -144,13 +144,15 @@ assigning a differently sized .Fa value to the same .Fa name -will result in a memory leak. The +will result in a memory leak. +The .Fx semantics for these functions (namely, that the contents of .Fa value are copied and that old values remain accessible indefinitely) make this -bug unavoidable. Future versions may eliminate one or both of these +bug unavoidable. +Future versions may eliminate one or both of these semantic guarantees in order to fix the bug. .Sh HISTORY The functions |
