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> > Ulrich> User code must only test for != 0. > > This might break X11 since /usr/include/X11/Xos_r.h has: > # define _XGethostbyname(h,hp) \ > (bzero((char*)&(hp).hdata,sizeof((hp).hdata)), \ > ((gethostbyname_r((h),&(hp).hent,&(hp).hdata) == -1) ? NULL : &(hp).hent)) > That means we may have to recompile every X program. It is an ABI change. If we have to go for it, which I don't like, we should use a new version for every getxxxbyxxx_r (). If I have my way, I will change or ignore POSIX on this one. H.J.
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