Setenv/putenv changes break existing code.

[Ulrich Drepper]

hjl@lucon.org (H.J. Lu) writes:

> [...] In either case, the string pointed to
> by string becomes part of the environment, so altering the string will
> change the environment. The space used by string is no longer used
> once a new string-defining name is passed to putenv(). 
> 
> It seems to me that it is ok to free 'p' since it is no longer used
> when returning from putenv ().

You are quoting the standard and still don't see that your argument is
wrong?  The putenv() code as it is now is correct.

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