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Re: build failure on cross build
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Simon Josefsson |
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Re: build failure on cross build |
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Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:01:53 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.130004 (Ma Gnus v0.4) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:
> On 03/29/2012 02:44 AM, Bruno Haible wrote:
>> I think gnulib should
>> 1) not assume that the function is declared,
>> 2) have a deprecated module 'gets' that declares this function only if
>> the declaration is missing.
>
> How about if gnulib drops support for gets instead?
+1
> That would be simpler. Gnulib shouldn't be catering
> to apps that use gets, since gets should never
> be used by anybody.
It would be nice if gnulib warned about using gets, though, but maybe
that leads to the kind of problem indicated by this thread. '#define
gets DO_NOT_USE_GETS_BECAUSE_IT_IS_INSECURE'?
/Simon