From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
To: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rename progname as it is provided by libc
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2017 08:20:03 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170902222003.GD10621@dastard> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170902215451.29265-1-raj.khem@gmail.com>
On Sat, Sep 02, 2017 at 02:54:51PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> Rename local variable progname to avoid a clash with libc
> global symbols
What libc is causing this problem?
And why is it considered ok for that libc to pollute the global
variable namespace with it's own internal variables?
Cheers,
Dave.
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Dave Chinner
david@fromorbit.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-09-02 22:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-09-02 21:54 [PATCH] Rename progname as it is provided by libc Khem Raj
2017-09-02 22:20 ` Dave Chinner [this message]
2017-09-02 23:42 ` Khem Raj
2017-09-03 7:21 ` Khem Raj
2017-09-03 7:48 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-09-08 16:25 ` Eric Sandeen
2017-09-08 16:29 ` Khem Raj
2017-09-08 18:13 ` Khem Raj
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