POSIX function nl_langinfo(CODESET) is now portable

Ivan Pascal wrote on 2003-11-19 13:37 UTC:
> The nl_langinfo call isn't quite portable.

Not any more! :-)

> For example is absent in FreeBSD older than 4.6.

FreeBSD 4.6 was the last widely used Unix that did not support
nl_langinfo(CODESET). According to

  http://www.freebsd.org/security/#adv
  http://web.archive.org/web/20030402132248/http://www.freebsd.org/security/

the provision of security updates for FreeBSD 4.6 ended 2003-05-31. In
other words, that particular FreeBSD version is now well beyond its
"do-not-consume-after" expiry date. No resposible site should
consider it suitable any more today for operational use on computers
connected to the Internet.

Worrying about nl_langinfo() not being available on FreeBSD 4.6 was a
valid concern in 2002, but it is not a concern any more in late 2003.
People still using FreeBSD 4.6 have now far more important reasons for
updating than the lack of nl_langinfo().

Computer (in)security is such a wonderful driving force for weeding out
backwards-compatibility obstacles ...

Markus

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