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

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Sat, 1 Aug 2026 02:01:27 +0200

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.lib.gnulib.bugs,gmane.linux.man,gmane.comp.lib.glibc.alpha
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Hi Collin,

> Date: 2026-08-01 01:52:37+0200
> From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
>
> Hi Collin,
> 
> > Date: 2026-07-31 16:48:38-0700
> > From: Collin Funk <[email protected]>
> >
> > Joseph Myers <[email protected]> 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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