[PATCH 1/2] man/man3/{mem, strn}*(): SYNOPSIS, STANDARDS: Document these as provided by <memory.h>

[Alejandro Colomar]

Hi Collin,

> Date: 2026-08-01 01:52:37+0200
> From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
>
> Hi Collin,
> 
> > Date: 2026-07-31 16:48:38-0700
> > From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
> >
> > Joseph Myers <josmyers@redhat.com> writes:
> > 
> > > I'd rather we add a mandatory deprecation warning to memory.h in glibc.
> > 
> > I would be for this change, and am surprised it has not already been
> > done, to honest. The use of memory.h is a good indicator code hasn't
> > been touched since the 80s.
> 
> Or that it has been touched in 2026.  :)

FWIW, a Debian code search shows 8.9k entries of 'include\s*<memory.h>',
including for example in utils-linux, which is well maintained code.

That breaking change is well beyond what I think can be possibly done.


Cheers,
Alex


> 
> Cheers,
> Alex
> 
> > 
> > Collin
> 
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