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Re: Portability issue with `putenv'
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Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
Re: Portability issue with `putenv' |
Date: |
Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:54:08 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) |
James Youngman <address@hidden> writes:
> It's an open question as to whether Autoconf should replace an
> OS-specific putenv() function just because it doesn't fully comply
> with POSIX.
Nowadays these sorts of questions are typically resolved in places
like gnulib rather than in Autoconf proper. For its approach to
putenv please see:
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/*checkout*/gnulib/gnulib/MODULES.html?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/html#module=putenv
Sam Lauber writes:
> I've noticed a lot of free software is impolite to DOS systems.
I wouldn't call it "impolite" -- it's just a lack of resources.
Here's a relevant quote from the GNU coding standards
<http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html>:
As for systems that are not like Unix, such as MSDOS, Windows, the
Macintosh, VMS, and MVS, supporting them is often a lot of
work. When that is the case, it is better to spend your time adding
features that will be useful on GNU and GNU/Linux, rather than on
supporting other incompatible systems.