RE: [PHP4BETA] moving uses of strncpy/cat to srtlcpy/cat?
| From: | Samuel Liddicott | Date: | Wed, 15 Sep 1999 07:59:25 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP4BETA] moving uses of strncpy/cat to srtlcpy/cat? | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joey [mailto:joey@samaritan.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 05:27 PM
> To: Andi Gutmans
> Cc: PHP 4 Beta Test
> Subject: Re: [PHP4BETA] moving uses of strncpy/cat to srtlcpy/cat?
>
>
> Isn't there some way we could bundle them with PHP, and if they are not
> defined by the OS, use them? I really don't know about this stuff, I have
> just had a long back-and-forth with Theo de Raadt & Ulrich Drepper, and
> while Theo makes an excellent case, Ulrich is being stubborn (as is his
> perogative, I guess).
This is what the rsync developers have done, but my understanding of the
license didn't imply this permission by default.
I agree that by lobbying wider use first we may get them in glibc after all
which would be good.
Sam