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Re: strverscmp


From: Bruno Haible
Subject: Re: strverscmp
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:03:58 +0200
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Eric Blake wrote:
> whether or not you buy my argument that gnulib should make Linux 
> development easier by intentionally adding non-POSIX extensions into 
> <string.h>

glibc has strverscmp() declared in <string.h>. This is a sufficient reason
for gnulib to do the same. You already named the rationale: It is to minimize
the possible pitfalls, assuming that people develop on Linux and port from
Linux to other systems.

Thanks for doing this cleanup.

Bruno





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