[PATCH v1.1] __gconv_translit_find: Actually append ".so" to module name [BZ #17187]

Florian Weimer fweimer@redhat.com
Tue Aug 26 12:25:00 GMT 2014


On 08/26/2014 02:09 PM, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> writes:
>
>> +  /* This function always fails.  Transliteration module loading is
>> +     not implemented.  */
>> +  return 1;
>
> Since it always fails you can just remove the function completely.

If taken to the logical conclusion, this has a ripple effect and is not 
suitable for backporting:

   <https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-08/msg00119.html>

So I had to stop somewhere, and I think the patch from last week is a 
reasonable compromise for backports and the 2.20 release.

-- 
Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security



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