Re: [PATCH] replace setenv() with putenv()
* On 2005.10.06, in <20051006181856.F3051@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
* "Moritz Barsnick" <moritz+mutt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Are you sure all systems actually have putenv()? I know I had problems
> with the one or the other in old SunOS (Solaris). Usually there should
> be an autoconf check for it.
No, I'm not sure -- but all the systems I use do, and it is POSIX, which
is a reasonable baseline. An autoconf check would be better, but I think
this is safe.
Solaris 5.9 has putenv() but not setenv(), for example. (Solaris 5.10
does have setenv().)
> OTOH, I haven't checked whether mutt already uses putenv() in other
> places without alternatives, and whether these "old" systems are
> considered dying. ;-)
It had neither until this code was added recently.
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